Baltar Glacier
| Baltar Glacier | ||
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| location | Gilgit-Baltistan ( Pakistan ) | |
| Mountains | Batura Muztagh ( Karakoram ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 19 km | |
| Exposure | west | |
| Altitude range | 7500 m - 3000 m | |
| Coordinates | 36 ° 27 ′ N , 74 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Bola-Das → Hunza → Gilgit → Indus | |
The Baltar Glacier is located in the western Karakoram in the Pakistani special territory of Gilgit-Baltistan .
The Baltar Glacier has a length of 19 km. It initially flows in a south-westerly direction, later in a westerly direction through the southern part of the Batura Muztagh mountain range . The southern slope of the so-called "Batura Wall" forms the nutrient area. The Baltar Glacier is framed by the mountains Batura I ( 7794 m ) and Hachindar Chhish ( 6870 m ). A right tributary glacier is the Toltar glacier . The Baltar Glacier feeds the Bola-Das , a right tributary of the Hunza .
Web links
- Map at himalaya-info.org