| Vigne Glacier | |
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| وینیہ گلیشیر (Urdu) | |
 Vigne glacier, looking south | |
  Vigne Glacier Location of the Biarchedi Glacier within the greater Karakoram region  Vigne Glacier Vigne Glacier (Gilgit Baltistan) | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Karakoram range, Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35°38′26″N 76°44′22″E / 35.64056°N 76.73944°E |
| Length | 10 kilometres (6 mi) |
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Vigne Glacier (Balti: ཝིགྣེ་གང།, romanized: wigne gang, lit. 'Wigne Glacier'; Urdu: وینیہ گلیشیر) is a glacier in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan near Gondogoro Glacier and Baltoro Glacier.[1] It provides access to Gondogoro (La) Pass.
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History
The glacier was named by Conway[2] after Godfrey Vigne (1801-1863), an early British traveler in Kashmir and Baltistan.
See also
- Baltoro Glacier
- Gondogoro Glacier
- Gondogoro Pass
- List of mountains in Pakistan
- List of highest mountains
- List of glaciers
- Tourism in Pakistan
References
- ^ Way: Vigne Glacier (123701943) OpenStreetMap
- ^ Conway, Sir William Martin (1894). Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram Himalayas. Unwin. p. 454. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
External links
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This page was last edited on 23 June 2024, at 18:40