NANGA PARBAT
LOCATION OF NANGA PARBAT:
Nanga Parbat forms the western anchor of the
Himalayan Range and is the westernmost
eight-thousander. It lies just south of the
Indus River in the
Astore District of
Gilgit-Baltistan in
Pakistan administered Kashmir
[1]. Not far to the north is the western end of the
Karakoram range.
KHYBER PASS
The
Khyber Pass, (
Pashto:
د خیبر درہ) (altitude: 1,070 m or 3,510 ft) is a
mountain pass that links
Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
Throughout history it has been an important
trade route between
Central Asia and
South Asia and a
strategic military location. The summit of the Khyber Pass is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inside Pakistan at
Landi Kotal and it cuts through the northeastern part of the
Safed Koh mountains which themselves are a far southeastern extension of the
Hindu Kush range
GILGIT
Gilgit (
Hindi: गिलगित,
Urdu: گلگت) is the capital city of
Gilgit-Baltistan,
Pakistan. Gilgit City forms a
tehsil of
Gilgit, within
Gilgit District. Its ancient name was
Sargin, later to be known as
Gilit, and it is still called
Gilit or
Sargin-Gilit by local people. In the
Burushaski language, it is named
Geelt and in
Wakhi and
Khowar it is called
Gilt.
Ghallata is considered its name in ancient
Sanskrit literature. Gilgit City is one of the two major hubs in the Northern Areas for mountaineering expeditions to the
Karakoram and other the peaks in the
Himalayas, the other hub being
Skardu.
Ziarat is the capital of
Ziarat District,
Balochistan,
Pakistan.
[1] It is located at 30°22'47N 67°43'38E with an altitude of 2543 metres (8346 feet)
[2] and is a famous holiday resort of
Balochistan and nearly every trip from
Karachi to
Quetta stops at Ziarat. Ziarat (literally
ziarat is an Islamic shrine) was the summer residence of the chief commissioner of Baluchistan, and
sanatorium for the European troops at Quetta: 8850 ft. above the sea and 33 m. by cart-road from the railway. There is a good water supply, and the hills around are well-wooded and picturesque
[3].The local dish of Ziarat is
saji. More tourists visit the place in summer
Skardu is located in the 10 km wide by 40km long
Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the
Indus river (flowing from near
Kailash in
Tibet and through neighbouring
Ladakh before reaching Baltistan) and the
Shigar River. Skardu is situated at an altitude of nearly 2,500 m (8,200 feet). The town is surrounded by grey-brown coloured mountains, which hide the
8,000 metre peaks of the nearby
Karakoram range.
