Baltoro Kangri ( ur, بلتورو کنگری; also known as the Golden Throne) is a mountain of the
Karakoram mountain range in
Gilgit-Baltistan,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. Baltoro Kangri is the 82nd highest mountain in the world with an elevation of . It lies to the south of the
Gasherbrum
Gasherbrum ( ur, ) is a remote group of peaks situated at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range. The peaks are located within the border region of Xinjiang, China and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The ...
s and east of
Chogolisa Peak (7,665 m). The huge
Baltoro Glacier
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The Baltoro Glacier ( zh, 巴爾托洛冰川, ), at in length, is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions.The Fedchenko Glacier in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan is 77 km long, the Siachen Glacier which lies sou ...
(which is one of the largest glaciers outside polar regions) rises from the foot of Baltoro Kangri. In the north of Baltoro Kangri is the
Abruzzi Glacier
The Abruzzi Glacier () is a glacier north of the Baltoro Kangri peak in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The glacier joins the Baltoro Glacier (one of the largest glaciers outside the polar region) that flows northwest in the beginning and then turns w ...
.
In 1963, a Japanese expedition made the first ascent of Baltoro Kangri. The expedition consisted of nine members from the
Tokyo University
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...
Ski Alpine Club, which was led by Seihei Kato.
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See also
* List of mountains in Pakistan
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in ...
* Baltoro Muztagh Baltoro may refer to:
*Baltoro Glacier, a glacier in the Karakoram mountain range northern Pakistan. ''Baltoro'' as single expression without adjunct usually refers to this glacier.
* Baltoro Muztagh, a mountain range in the Karakoram mountain rang ...
References
Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan
Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram
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