The Mustagh Pass or Muztagh Pass is a pass across the Baltoro Muztagh range in the Karakorams which includes K2, the world’s second highest mountain. The crest of the Baltoro Muztagh marks the present border between Pakistani and Chinese territory.

There are actually two passes, the eastern or ‘Old’ Mustagh Pass (alt. about...

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Nagar (Urdu: ریاست نگر) was a princely state in the northernmost part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, which existed until 1974. The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and west, and the former princely state of Hunza to the north and east. The state capital was the town of Nagar. The area of Nagar now forms three tehsils of Hunza-Nagar...

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Hunza (Urdu: ہنزہ) was a former princely state in the northernmost part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, which existed until 1974. The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south, the former princely state of Nagar to the east, Chinese Turkistan to the north and Afghanistan to the northwest. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also...

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Gasherbrum I (also known as Hidden Peak or K5) is the 11th highest peak on Earth, located on the Pakistan-China border. Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya. Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean “Shining Wall”, presumably a reference to the highly visible face of the neighboring...

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Nanga Parbat (Urdu: نانگا پربت) is the ninth highest mountain on Earth. Nanga Parbat means “Naked Mountain” in English, parbat deriving from the Sanskrit word parvata (पर्वत) meaning “mountain, rock”, and nanga from the Sanskrit word nagna (नग्न) meaning “naked, bare”. Known as the “Killer...

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Broad Peak (originally named K3), known locally as Faichan Kangri, is the 12th highest mountain on Earth at 8047 meters. The literal translation of “Broad Peak” to Phalchan Kangri is not accepted among the Baltis.

Broad Peak is part of the Gasherbrum massif on the border of Pakistan-China. It is located about 8 kilometres (5 miles)...

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Baltoro Kangri (also known as the Golden Throne) is a mountain of the Karakoram mountain range in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It lies to the south of the Gasherbrums and east of Chogolisa Peak (7,665 m). The huge Baltoro Glacier (which is one of the largest glaciers outside polar regions) rises from the foot of Baltoro Kangri. In the north of...

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