Snow Lake

Snow Lake or Lukpe Lawo is a high-altitude glacial basin in the Karakoram mountain range in the region of northern . It is not a lake, despite its name.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 5,100 metres
  • Description: high-altitude glacial basin in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan; not a lake, despite its name.
  • Also known as: “Lukpe Lawo”

Snow Lake

Latitude
36.04256° or 36° 2′ 33″ north
Longitude
75.57872° or 75° 34′ 43″ east
Elevation
5,100 metres (16,732 feet)
Open location code
8J8Q2HVH+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 124790732
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
8378509
Wiki­data ID
Q250751
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Western Panjabi—“Snow Lake” goes by many names.
  • Esperanto: “Neĝlago”
  • German: “Lukpe Lawo”
  • German: “Snow Lake”
  • Tamil: “பனி ஏரி”
  • Tamil: “லுக்பே லாவோ”
  • Urdu: “برف جھیل”
  • Western Panjabi: “برف جھیل”

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