The Baltoro Glacier, 57 kilometers long, is one of the longest glaciers outside of the Polar Regions.Located in Baltistan, in our Northern Areas it runs through part of the Karakoram mountain range.

The glacier gives rise to the Shigar River, which is a tributary of the Indus River. Several large tributary glaciers feed the main Baltoro glacier, including the Godwin Austen glacier, flowing south from K2; the Abruzzi and the various Gasherbrum glaciers, flowing from the Gasherbrum group of peaks; the Vigne glacier, flowing from Chogolisa, and the Yermandendu glacier, flowing from Masherbrum.

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