Hispar Glacier

Hispar Glacier is a 49-km long glacier situated in the Karakoram Mountains of Gilgit–Baltistan, . It converges with the , which extends for 67 kilometers, at the Hispar La, reaching an altitude of 5,128 meters.
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  • Glacier with an elevation of 3,979 metres (13,054 feet)
  • …is also known as “Khisper Glacier”
  • Description: glacier in Pakistan
Photo: Vasiq Eqbal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Yousaf Feroz Gill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hispar Glacier

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Latitude
36.10572° or 36° 6′ 21″ north
Longitude
75.23341° or 75° 14′ 0″ east
Open location code
8J8Q464M+79
Geo­Names ID
1176850
Wiki­data ID
Q1567905

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Uzbek—“Hispar Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Glacera Hispar”
  • Cebuano: “Hispar Glacier”
  • Chinese: “喜士帕爾冰川”
  • Czech: “Hispar”
  • Czech: “ledovec Hispar”
  • French: “glacier d’Hispar”
  • French: “Glacier d’Hispar”
  • Georgian: “ხისპარი”
  • Georgian: “ჰისპარი”
  • German: “Hispar-Gletscher”
  • German: “Hispargletscher”
  • Hindi: “हिस्पर हिमनद”
  • Lithuanian: “Hisparo ledynas”
  • Persian: “یخچال هیسپار”
  • Polish: “Hispar”
  • Russian: “Хиспар”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Hispar”
  • Urdu: “ہسپر گلیشر”
  • Uzbek: “Hispar muzligi”

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