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The trough of this glacier is very wide. Small valley glaciers form icefalls where they meet the trunk glacier. The sidewalls vary from very steep to precipitous. The glacier has carved striations on the surrounding country rocks. Moving ice has formed depressions, which serve as basins for numerous
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Baltoro Glacier by the Conway Saddle (or pass) is the
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Baltoro is 70 km long, and the
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757:"The Shooting's Over But Siachen Will Keep Taking Its Toll"
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Photos from trekking to K2 over
Baltoro by Michael Holtrop
743:"Siachen: Death (and some glory) at 20,000 ft Explained"
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Gasherbrum Glaciers, flowing from the
721:, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
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Orographical Sketch Map: Karakoram: Sheets 1 & 2
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586:View of the Baltoro Glacier from Urdukas campsite
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675:"The frozen lake that does not reflect anything"
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384:The Baltoro Glacier serves as the source of the
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139:Show map of Pakistan
70:Location in Pakistan
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660:References
514:Mitre Peak
508:Masherbrum
466:Broad Peak
422:Masherbrum
410:Gasherbrum
307:region in
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538:Uli Biaho
526:Snow Dome
472:Chogolisa
462:, 6,781 m
460:Biarchedi
430:Concordia
418:Chogolisa
394:tributary
362:Karakoram
344:ice field
334:Geography
324:Karakoram
194:Karakoram
945:Category
679:DAWN.COM
608:See also
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316:glaciers
309:Pakistan
202:Pakistan
190:Location
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