Hispar Pass or Hispar La (; ) (el. 5,128 m/16,824 ft) is a high-altitude, non-technical

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...

in the

Karakoram Range The Karakoram () is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range is withi ...

Nagar District Nagar District () is a district of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan area in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sou ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. At the pass, the

Biafo Glacier The Biafo Glacier () is a glacier located within the Karakoram mountain range in the Hispar Valley, Nagar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It extends over a considerable distance, measuring in length, and ranks as one of the largest gla ...

(63 km long) and

Hispar Glacier Hispar Glacier (; ) is a 49-km (30-mile) long glacier situated in the Karakoram Mountains of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. It converges with the Biafo Glacier, which extends for 67 kilometers (42 miles), at the Hispar La (Pass), reaching an al ...

(49 km long) meet to form the world's longest glacial traverse outside of the polar regions, 100 kilometers in length.

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Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth
Mountain passes of Gilgit-Baltistan Mountain passes of the Karakoram {{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub

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