Batura Glacier

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Batura Glacier, 57 kilometres (35 mi) long, is one of the largest and longest glaciers outside the polar regions.[1] It lies in Batura Valley Passu in the Gojal region of the Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan. It is just north of the massifs of Batura, at 7,795 metres (25,574 ft), and Passu, at 7,500 metres (24,600 ft). It flows west to east. The lower portions can be described as a grey sea of rocks and gravelly moraine, bordered by a few summer villages and pastures with herds of sheep, goats, cows and yaks and where roses and juniper trees are common.

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  1. ↑ Tajikistan's Fedchenko Glacier is 77 km long. The Karakoram's Siachen Glacier is 70 km and Biafo Glacier is 63 km long. The Baltoro and Batura Glaciers in the Karakoram are 57 km long. The Bruggen or Pio XI Glacier in southern Chile is 64km long. Measurements are from recent imagery, generally supplemented with Russian 1:200,000 scale topographic mapping as well as Jerzy Wala,Orographical Sketch Map: Karakoram: Sheets 1 & 2, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.

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Coordinates: 36°32′N 74°39′E / 36.533°N 74.650°E / 36.533; 74.650

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