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Gilgit-Baltistan is admisitrative unit of Pakistan situated in the Northern Part of the country.It is one of the best tourist spots in Pakistan. Gilgit-Baltistan borders Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province to the west, a small portion of the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to the northeast, the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast, and the Pakistani-administered state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the south.〔Weiss, Anita M. and Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb. (2012). 'Pakistan'. Kotzé, Louis and Morse, Stephen (eds), The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 9. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire, pp. 236-240.〕 Gilgit-Baltistan is home to five of the "eight-thousanders" and to more than fifty peaks above . Gilgit and Skardu are the two main hubs for expeditions to those mountains. The region is home to some of the world's highest mountain ranges. The main ranges are the Karakoram and the western Himalayas. The Pamir Mountains are to the north, and the Hindu Kush lies to the west.〔Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb. (2013). 'Pamir Alpine Desert and Tundra'. Robert Warren Howarth(ed.), Biomes & Ecosystems. Ipswich, MA: Salem Press, pp. 12-14.〕 Amongst the highest mountains are K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) and Nanga Parbat, the latter being one of the most feared mountains in the world. Three of the world's longest glacier * Sheosar Lake in the Deosai Plains, skardu * Satpara Tso Lake in Skardu, Baltistan * Katzura Tso Lake in Skardu, Baltistan * Zharba Tso Lake in Shigar, Baltistan * Phoroq Tso Lake in Skardu, Baltistan * Lake Kharfak in Gangche, Baltistan * Byarsa Tso Lake in Gultari, Astore * Borith Lake in Gojal, upper Hunza, Gilgit * Rama Lake near Astore * Rush Lake near Nagar, Gilgit * Kromber Lake at Kromber Pass Ishkoman Valley, Ghizer District * Barodaroksh Lake in Bar Valley, Nagar * Ghorashi Lake in Ghandus Valley, Kharmang ==See also== * Tourism in Pakistan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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