Hispar Pass
Hispar Pass or Hispar La is a high-altitude, non-technical mountain pass in the Karakoram Range in Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. At the pass, the Biafo Glacier and Hispar Glacier meet to form the world's longest glacial traverse outside of the polar regions, 100 kilometers in length.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Muhammad Asif Rashid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 5,151 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Hispar Dawan” and “Khisper Pass”
Hispar Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Hispar Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hispar Pass”
- German: “Hispar La”
- German: “Hispar-La-Pass”
- German: “Hispar-Pass”
- Urdu: “درہ ہسپر”
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