Karakoram
Also called Mustagh. a mountain range in NW India, in N Kashmir. Highest peak, K2, 28,250 feet (8,611 meters).
a pass traversing this range, on the route from NE Kashmir to Sinkiang province in China. 18,300 feet (5,580 meters).
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I’ve pedaled my bicycle across Central Asia from Mongolia to Turkey, over the Karakoram and the Caucasus Mountains, and through most of Europe.
At 840 grams, the Grizzly is the heaviest of Karakoram’s split bindings, but it’s also among the most affordable.
Skardu is a 20- to 24-hour drive from Islamabad via the Karakoram Highway.
It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small | Lonely Planet | December 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBeyond the Karakoram pass (18,550 ft.) is a lofty bleak upland with salt lakes dotted over its surface.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone DouieThe Shyok and its affluent, the Nubra, rise in the giant glaciers to the south-west of the Karakoram pass.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone Douie
It is known as the Karakoram range because a pass called the Karakoram Pass crosses it.
Kashmir | Sir Francis Edward YounghusbandOn the 19th of August, leaving my tent standing, I started to visit the Karakoram pass, the limit of my journey to the northward.
Western Himalaya and Tibet | Thomas ThomsonThe third pass, and the only one now frequented, is that of the Karakoram, an extremely easy though very elevated one.
Western Himalaya and Tibet | Thomas Thomson
British Dictionary definitions for Karakoram
Karakorum
/ (ˌkærəˈkɔːrəm) /
a mountain system in N Kashmir, extending for about 480 km (300 miles) from northwest to southeast: contains the second highest peak in the world (K2); crossed by several high passes, notably the Karakoram Pass 5575 m (18 290 ft)
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