Karakoram

American  

[kahr-uh-kawr-uhm, -kohr-, kar-] / ˌkɑr əˈkɔr əm, -ˈkoʊr-, ˌkær- /

noun

1. Also called Mustagh.  a mountain range in NW India, in N Kashmir. Highest peak, K2, 28,250 feet (8,611 meters).

2. 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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Karakoram British  

/ ˌkærəˈkɔːrəm /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The apparently resistant glaciers are spread over thousands of kilometres of high mountain ranges in Central Asia, including Karakoram, Tian Shan, Kun Lun and the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

In Central Asian watersheds, centered on high mountains, including the Himalaya Karakoram, Tianshan and Hindu Kush, flash drought extent shrank over the study period, bucking the worldwide trend.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

They helped fund the only road out of the Shimshal valley, linking the village to the Karakoram highway which runs between Pakistan and China.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

He has ascended immense peaks from the Alaska Range to K2 in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, climbed through storms and had near misses with avalanches.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

In 1958 he’d made history as the driving force behind the first ascent of Hidden Peak, a 26,470-foot mountain in the Karakoram Range of Pakistan—the highest first ascent ever achieved by American climbers.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer