Baltoro Glacier

The Baltoro Glacier is a located in the of the , a region in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The glacier lies in the Karakoram range, and is surrounded by some of the world's highest peaks, including , the second highest mountain on Earth, as well as three other summits above 8,000 meters within a 20-kilometre radius.
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  • Glacier with an elevation of around 4,110 metres (13,490 feet)
  • Description: glacier in Pakistan
  • Also known as
    “Baltora Glacier”
    “بالتورو گلیشیر”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biarchedi and Biarchedi Glacier.
Kogo, GFDL.
Peak is a mountain peak on the south of the Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan.
The is located on the northeast of Biarchedi Peak in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Concordia.
Shikari7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the confluence of the Baltoro Glacier and… is situated 10 km east of Baltoro Glacier.

Baltoro Glacier

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Latitude
35.71065° or 35° 42′ 38″ north
Longitude
76.40923° or 76° 24′ 33″ east
Open location code
8J7RPC65+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 689389997
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
1183613
Wiki­data ID
Q805806

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Baltoro Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جليدة بالتورو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Baltoro buzlağı”
  • Basque: “Baltoro glaziarra”
  • Catalan: “Glacera Baltoro”
  • Catalan: “Glacera de Baltoro”
  • Cebuano: “Baltoro Glacier”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەھۆڵبەندی بالتۆرۆ”
  • Chinese: “Baltoro冰川”
  • Chinese: “巴尔托洛冰川”
  • Chinese: “巴托羅冰河”
  • Chinese: “巴托羅洛冰川”
  • Chinese: “巴爾托洛冰川”
  • Chinese: “巴爾托羅冰川”
  • Danish: “Baltoro-bræen”
  • Dutch: “Baltorogletsjer”
  • French: “Baltoro”
  • French: “Glacier du Baltoro”
  • Georgian: “ბალტოროს მყინვარი”
  • German: “Baltoro-Gletscher”
  • German: “Baltoro”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון בלטורו”
  • Hindi: “बाल्तोरो हिमानी”
  • Italian: “Baltoro”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio Baltoro”
  • Japanese: “バルトロ氷河”
  • Latvian: “Baltoro”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltoro ledynas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baltoro-breen”
  • Norwegian: “Baltorobreen”
  • Persian: “یخچال بالتورو”
  • Polish: “Baltoro”
  • Portuguese: “Glaciar Baltoro”
  • Romanian: “Ghețarul baltoro”
  • Russian: “Балторо (ледник)”
  • Russian: “Балторо”
  • Slovenian: “Ledenik Baltoro”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Baltoro”
  • Turkish: “Baltoro Buzulu”
  • Urdu: “بلتورو گلیشیر”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالتورو گلیشیئر”

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