National Park · Pakistan
Central Karakoram National Park
Central Karakoram National Park is a national park in Pakistan.
Photo: Vasiq Eqbal via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Park facts
| Park type | National Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35.8833° N, 76.5167° E |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Central Karakoram National Park
Central Karakoram National Park (Urdu: میانی قراقرم ملی باغ) is a national park located in Skardu district of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. It encompasses some of the world’s highest peaks and largest glaciers. Internationally renowned for mountaineering, rock climbing and trekking opportunities, it covers an area of about 10,000 sq. km and contains the greatest concentration of some of the tallest mountains on Earth. It has four peaks over 8,000 m including K2 (8611 m), Gasherbrum-I (8068 m), Gasherbrum-II (8035 m) and Broad Peak (8051 m), and sixty peaks higher than 7,000 m.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Planning your visit
What to do
Airports near this park
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- Skardu International Airport (KDU) · Skardu, Pakistan · 66.6 miles away
Parks nearby
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Central Karakoram National Park?
Central Karakoram National Park is in Pakistan (35.8833° N, 76.5167° E).
Sources
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3248307 — Wikidata (CC0) — name, country, coordinates, area, established year, highest point where stated.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Karakoram_National_Park — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).