| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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 Crossing from China to Pakistan at the 4730m high Kunjurab Pass.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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View from the Kunjurab Pass.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Glacier.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Karakoram Highway is 1032km long of which 616km runs through Pakistan.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Pakistan side of the highway close to the border with China.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The highway descends into the Upper Hunza Valley.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The highway descends steeply via a series of switch backs.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The valley below has a small stream.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The highway is above the tree line.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Switch backs descending to the narrow valley below.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Damage from floods during the 2025 monsoon.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The highway is dramatic.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Descending to the Upper Hunza Valley.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Tight bends.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Tunnels are common on the highway.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Pakistan side of the highway is mainly in tall narrow valleys.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Quiet side valley.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The highway descends rapidly.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Hunza River runs south to join the Indus and ends up in the Indian Ocean.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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River and road in the Upper Hunza Valley.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road above the river.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road is built into the cliff face.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The valley narrows.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Dramatic scenery.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road reaches the tree line.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Autumn colours.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road and the river.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Trees by the river.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The valley narrows.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Karakoram Highway in Pakistan is subject to rock slides.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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This part of the Upper Hunza Valley is designated a national park.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Glaciated mountains.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Dark rocks.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Parts of the valley get no sun.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Layered rocks.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Landscape of the Upper Hunza.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road passes through a narrow gorge.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Snow capped mountains.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Glaciated mountain top.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Cliff over the river.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The valley walls rise high over the road.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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Sost is an immigration and customs centre.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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The border town of Sost.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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People in Sost speak a dialect of Tajik called Wakhi.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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View to the East.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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Bhindi in the local market.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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Loading a minivan to Hunza.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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View of the mountains.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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Sost is at 2800m.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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Minivan.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Sost
|
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Typical guest house in Sost.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Lower Hunza Valley south of Sost.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Hunza River Valley.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Travel in the region is by minivan.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Spectacular view of the river.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The valley is narrow and tall.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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South of Sost there are fertile valleys and small villages.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Trees on the banks of the Hunza River.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Hunza River is a tributary of the Indus.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Many regions are desert.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road and the valley.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Three men.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Plots of land marked with stone walls.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road descends.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Pleasant scenery.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The river from above.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Small settlement.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Entrance to a village.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Arid landscape.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Spectacular arid scenery.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Cliffs overlooking the valley.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Fertile area.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
|
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Dark rock peak with moraine from the Battura Glacier.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
|
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Snow capped mountain.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
|
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Large area of glacial moraine.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
Site / Event : Rainbow Bridge
|
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Rainbow Bridge.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
Site / Event : Rainbow Bridge
|
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The Hunza River at Rainbow Bridge.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
Site / Event : Rainbow Bridge
|
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The Karakoram Highway between Rainbow Bridge and the Battura Glacier.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
|
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Glacial moraine from the Battura Glacier.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
|
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Moraine from the 57km long Battura Glacier.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
District : Battura Glacier
|
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Moraine.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Landscape near Shiskat.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Borith Lake
|
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Stone village near Gulmit on the road to Borith Lake.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Borith Lake
|
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Borith Lake is overlooked by glaciated mountains.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Borith Lake
|
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The lake is glacial.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Borith Lake
|
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Glaciated mountain peak overlooking the lake.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Trees, river and valley wall.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Tree-lined highway.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Dramatic scenery.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Dramatic contrasts.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Arid landscape.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Snow capped mountains.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The spectacular Karakoram Highway.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Gulmit region.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Gulmit overlooked by jagged peaks.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Glacial stream.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Approaching Lower Hunza.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Jagged peaks.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The area south of Gulmit is windy and dusty.
|
2025 |
| Pakistan |
State / Province : Gilgit-Baltistan
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Karakoram Highway is one of the most exciting roads in Asia.
|
2025 |
