Yazghil Glacier

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Yazghil Glacier
location Gilgit-Baltistan ( Pakistan )
Mountains Hispar Muztagh ( Karakoram )
Type Valley glacier
length 30 km
Exposure North northeast
Altitude range 7400  m  -  3400  m
width ⌀ 1 km
Coordinates 36 ° 22 ′  N , 75 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 22 ′  N , 75 ° 22 ′  E
Yazghil Glacier (Karakoram)
Yazghil Glacier
drainage ShimshalHunzaGilgitIndus
Satellite image from Hispar Muztagh;  Yazghil Glacier (F), Upper Yazghil Glacier (F1).

Satellite image from Hispar Muztagh; Yazghil Glacier (F), Upper Yazghil Glacier (F1).

The Yazghil Glacier is located in the western Karakoram in the Pakistani special territory of Gilgit-Baltistan .

The Yazghil glacier has a length of 30 km. It flows in a north-northeast direction through the northeast of the Hispar Muztagh mountain range . The Yazghil Glacier flows into the Shimshal River flowing west . The Yazghil Glacier is framed by the following mountains: Kunyang Chhish ( 7852  m ), Yukshin Gardan Sar ( 7469  m ), Pumari Chhish ( 7492  m ), Yutmaru Sar ( 7330  m ) and Yazghil Domes ( 7324  m ).

Web links

  • Map at himalaya-info.org

Individual evidence

  1. himalaya-info.org