Hispar Pass

Pakistani mountain pass

36°01′08″N 75°32′46″E / 36.019°N 75.546°E / 36.019; 75.546

Hispar Pass or Hispar La (Urdu: درہ ہسپر; ) (el. 5,128 m/16,824 ft) is a high-altitude, non-technical mountain pass in the Karakoram Range in Nagar District, Pakistan.[1][2]

At the pass, the Biafo Glacier (63 km long) and Hispar Glacier (49 km long) meet to form the world's longest glacial traverse outside of the polar regions, 100 kilometers in length.

See also

  • Hispar Glacier
  • Biafo Glacier

References

  1. ^ "Ice and isolation in the Karakoram". Archived from the original on 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ Conway, W. M. (1893). "The Crossing of the Hispar Pass". The Geographical Journal. 1 (2): 131–138. doi:10.2307/1773755. ISSN 0016-7398. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  • Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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