Choktoi glacier
| Choktoi glacier | ||
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| location | Gilgit-Baltistan ( Pakistan ) | |
| Mountains | Panmah Muztagh ( Karakoram ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 30 km | |
| Exposure | Southeast | |
| Altitude range | 5600 m - 4000 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 54 ' N , 75 ° 57' E | |
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| drainage | Dumord → Braldu → Shigar → Indus | |
 Satellite image of the Panmah Muztagh; the Choktoi glacier flows to the right in the upper center of the picture |
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The Choktoi Glacier is located in the western Karakoram in the Pakistani special territory of Gilgit-Baltistan .
The Choktoi Glacier is a 30 km long glacier in the Panmah Muztagh . The Panmah Glacier joins the Choktoi Glacier on the left, 9 km above the lower end of the glacier. The Choktoi glacier initially flows to the east and later to the southeast and south. Important mountains that flank the glacier are Baintha Brakk (Ogre) ( 7285 m ) and Latok I ( 7145 m ). The 5430 m high Sim La forms a transition to the Simgang Glacier further west . The Dumord forms the drain and flows south from the glacier mouth over a distance of 18 km to the confluence with the Braldu, which flows westwards .