Karakoram Range is situated in the regions of Gilgit, Baltistan and Ladakh. It crosses the borders between Pakistan, India and China. The Karakoram has more than sixty peaks, which are more than 7,000m (22,960 ft), including the second highest peak of the world (8,611 m, or 28,244 ft) called as K2.
The Karakoram Range is nearly 500 km (300 mi) in length. This range is one of those parts of the world that carries heavy glaciers apart from polar region. In Turkic the word Karakoram means "black gravel" since a number of its glaciers are enveloped in rubble. The Karakoram Range of Jammu and Kashmir has a number of high peaks and most of them are located in the Northern region of Pakistan.
Some of the notable peaks are as follows:
- Gasherbrum IV (7,925 m)
- Gasherbrum I (8,068 m)
- K2 (Qogir Feng) (8,611 m)
- Chogolisa (7,665m)
- Broad Peak (Phalchen Kangri) (8,047 m)
- Gasherbrum II (8,035 m)
- Rakaposhi (7,788 m)
- Distaghil Sar (7,885 m)
- Masherbrum (7,821 m)
- Kanjut Sar (7,761 m)
- The Ogre (7,285 m)
- Saser Kangri (7,672 m)
- Haramosh Peak (7,397 m)
- Muztagh Tower (7,273 m)
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Karakoram Range is surrounded by the border of the Tibetan Plateau on the northeast, and by the Wakhan Corridor and the Pamir Mountains on the north. The Hindu Raj range is located to the west of the northwest end of the Karakoram, on the far side of which is the Hindu Kush range. The Gilgit, Indus, and Shyok Rivers form the southern boundary of the Karakoram, which separates it from the northwestern part of the Himalaya range.
Last Updated on 8/29/2011
