Baltoro Glacier
The Baltoro Glacier is a glacier located in the Shigar District of the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The glacier lies in the Karakoram range, and is surrounded by some of the world's highest peaks, including K2, the second highest mountain on Earth, as well as three other summits above 8,000 meters within a 20-kilometre radius.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 4,113 metres
- Description: glacier in Pakistan
- Also known as: “Baltora Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biarchedi Glacier.
Biarchedi Glacier
Glacier
The Biarchedi Glacier is located on the northeast of Biarchedi Peak in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It flows north into the Baltoro Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Concordia.
Concordia
Locality
Photo: Shikari7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Concordia is the confluence of the Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan. It is located in the Baltistan region of Pakistan, at 4,691 metres above sea level. Concordia is situated 10 km east of Baltoro Glacier.
Baltoro Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.71065° or 35° 42′ 38″ northLongitude
76.40923° or 76° 24′ 33″ eastElevation
4,113 metres (13,494 feet)Open location code
8J7RPC65+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 689389997OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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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”
- French: “Glacier du baltoro”
- French: “Glacier du Baltoro”
- French: “Glacier Du Baltoro”
- Georgian: “ბალტოროს მყინვარი”
- German: “Baltoro-Gletscher”
- German: “Baltoro”
- German: “Baltorogletscher”
- 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: “Gheţarul baltoro”
- Romanian: “Gheţarul Baltoro”
- Romanian: “Ghețarul 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”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Biarchedi and Gondogoro Ri.
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