| Baltoro Glacier | |
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| བལྟོརོ་གངས། | |
 The Baltoro Glacier from the air, looking east | |
  Baltoro Glacier Location in Pakistan  Baltoro Glacier Baltoro Glacier (Gilgit Baltistan)  Baltoro Glacier Baltoro Glacier (Pakistan)  Baltoro Glacier Baltoro Glacier (Central Asia) | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Karakoram range, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35°44′11″N 76°22′51″E / 35.73639°N 76.38083°E |
| Length | 63 kilometres (39 mi) |
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The Baltoro Glacier (Balti: བལྟོརོ་གངས།, romanized: Baltoro gangs, lit. 'Bone breaker';[1] Urdu: بالتورو گلیشیر) is a glacier located in the Shigar District of the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan. It stretches for 63 km (39 mi) in length. It is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions. It is home to some of the world’s highest mountains. It runs through the Karakoram mountain range, close to K2, which is the second highest peak in the world, reaching an elevation of 8,611 meters (28,251 feet). Within a 20-kilometer radius, there are three more mountains with elevations exceeding 8,000 meters.[2]
- ^ Iqbal, Vasiq (2016-09-04). "The frozen lake that does not reflect anything". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ The Fedchenko Glacier in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan is 77 km long, the Siachen Glacier which lies southeast of the Baltoro is 70 km long, and the Biafo Glacier to the northwest of the Baltoro is 67 km long. Exact lengths are relatively easy to determine with modern maps and imagery so as to include recent glacial retreat. Measurements are from recent imagery, generally supplemented with Russian 1:200,000 scale topographic mapping as well as Jerzy Wala,Orographical Sketch Map: Karakoram: Sheets 1 & 2, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.