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    The Karakoram (/ˌkɑːrəˈkɔːrəm, ˌkær-/) is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern...
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    35°36′N 74°39′E / 35.600°N 74.650°E / 35.600; 74.650 The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram), also known as the KKH, National...
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    Karakoram Express (Urdu: قراقرم ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore. The trip takes approximately...
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  • Leh Karakoram Pass    The Karakoram Pass (Uyghur: قاراقۇرۇم ئېغىزى) is a 5,540 m or 18,176 ft mountain pass between India and China in the Karakoram Range...
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    The Trans-Karakoram Tract (Chinese: 喀喇昆仑走廊; pinyin: Kālǎkūnlún zǒuláng), also known as the Shaksgam Tract (Urdu: شکسگام, romanized: Shaksgām), is an area...
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    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...
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    second-highest mountain of the Karakoram Broad Peak, the third-highest mountain of the Karakoram Gasherbrum II in the Karakoram Shishapangma in the Himalaya...
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    K2 (category Eight-thousanders of the Karakoram)
    the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract...
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  • Karakoram Province is a proposed autonomous region for the Shi'a Islam-majority areas of northern Pakistan. According to the movement for autonomy in...
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  • 500 metres) in the Karakoram, Hindu Kush and neighbouring ranges. The list includes 4 of the 14 8000m summits, all in the Karakoram, including the second...
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    and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract. In 1820, the Sikh Empire, under Ranjit Singh, annexed Kashmir....
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  • Karakoram (Urdu: قراقرم) is a Pakistani alternative rock band. The band consists of Sherry Khattak as the lead vocalist and guitarist, Omair Farooq as...
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  • Karakoram International University (KIU) or Karakoram University ( Urdu: قراقرم انٹرنیشنل یونیورسٹی) is a public sector university located in Gilgit,...
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  • The Karakoram and Hindu Kush are regarded as separate ranges. In the table below sorting by coordinates sorts by longitude (i.e. West to East) and "HP"...
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    Siachen Glacier (category Glaciers of the Karakoram)
    The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about 35°25′16″N 77°06′34″E / 35.421226°N 77.109540°E /...
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    Godwin Austen Glacier). Most of the highest peaks in Pakistan lie in the Karakoram mountain range (which lies almost entirely in the Gilgit–Baltistan region...
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    are the trans-Himalayan Karakoram Mountains that continue from India into Pakistan and China. To the south of the Karakoram Range lie the Zanskar and...
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    The Karakoram fault is an oblique-slip fault system in the Himalayan region across India and Asia. The slip along the fault accommodates radial expansion...
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  • Sunset Peak Swargarohini Tatakooti Peak Tempü Matanga Hill Himalayas Karakoram Barail Range Purvanchal Range Arakan Yoma Western Ghats Eastern Ghats...
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    a considerable stretch measuring over 19 kilometers (12 miles) of the Karakoram Highway, a pivotal transportation artery in the region. The lake reached...
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    is a town in Shufu County in Western Xinjiang, China. Upal is on the Karakoram Highway, which follows the old Silk Road route from China to Pakistan...
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    National Highway 35 (N-35), which forms the Pakistani portion of the Karakoram Highway (KKH). The KKH spans the 806-kilometre-long (501 mi) distance...
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    (25,095 ft), it is also the highest mountain outside of the Hindu Kush/Karakoram and Himalaya ranges. Kongur Tagh is within a range called the Kongur Shan...
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  • Karakoram Cooperative Bank Limited (KCBL) is a financial institution that has been a cornerstone of economic growth and social development in Gilgit-Baltistan...
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    lakes, and glaciers in the area. Landslides on the Karakoram Highway are very common. The Karakoram Highway connects Gilgit to Tashkurgan Town, Kashgar...
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    metres (26,247 ft) above sea level. They are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges. This is a list of mountaineers who have died on these...
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    2,800 meters above sea level, Sost is the last Pakistani town on the Karakoram Highway before the Chinese border. The town plays an important role in...
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    is part of the larger Karakoram range. This subrange is also referred to as the Saltoro Range and is situated within the Karakoram region. The term "Saltoro...
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    Central Karakoram National Park (Urdu: میانی قراقرم ملی باغ) is a national park located in Skardu district of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. It encompasses...
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    eight-thousanders of the nearby Karakoram mountain range. The Indus River running through the region separates the Karakoram from the Ladakh Range. The name...
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