Bilafond La
Bilafond La (meaning "Pass of the Butterflies" in Balti language, also known as the Saltoro Pass, is a mountain pass situated on Saltoro Ridge, sitting immediately west of the vast Siachen Glacier, some 40 km directly north of map point NJ 980420 which defined the end of the 1972 Line of Control between Pakistan and India as part of the Simla Agreement.- Type: Saddle
- Description: mountain pass
- Category: mountain pass
- Location: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
Latitude 35.3919° or 35° 23' 30.7" north | Longitude 76.9487° or 76° 56' 55.4" east |
Elevation 5450 metres (17,881 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 2898236785 |
GeoNames ID 1182462 |
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Also Known As
- Bengali: বাইলাফন্ড গিরিবর্ত্ম
- Cebuano: Bilafond La
- Dutch: Bilafond La
- French: Bilafond La
- German: Bilafond-La-Pass
- German: Bilafond-Pass
- German: Bilafond La
- German: Saltoro-Pass
- Hindi: बिलाफोंड ला
- Japanese: ビラフォンド・ラ
- Tamil: பிலாபாண்ட் லா கணவாய்
- Urdu: بیلافونڈ لا
- Bilaphond Pass
- Saltoro Pass
In the Area
Localities
- NaramLocality, 12 km southwest
- Hot Spring21 km southwest
- KhorkondusVillage, 21 km southwest
- Khur Kund25 km southwest
Landmarks
- Saltoro KangriSummit, 9 km west
- Saltoro GroupMountain, 10 km west
- LolofongGlacier, 10 km northeast
- Saltoro MountainsMountain, 12 km northwest
Other Places
- KharkhastIntermittent stream, 19 km southwest
- Marzat NalaIntermittent stream, 19 km southwest
- Manglin NalaIntermittent stream, 20 km southwest
- Jamse NalaStream, 22 km southwest
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