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Central Karakorum National Park

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  • Mahuhe
The Central Karakoram National Park in north Pakistan has the greatest concentration of high mountains in the world and the largest glaciers outside the Polar Regions. The park encompasses sixty peaks over 7000 metres and four peaks higher than 8000 metres, among them the K2, the second highest mountain on Earth. The most important mammal species in the park are the Siberian Ibex, the Himalayan Lynx and the Snow Leopard.

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Central Karakorum National Park (ID: 6112)
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Pakistan
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On tentative list 2016 Site history
History of Central Karakorum National Park
2016: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
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First published: 03/02/24.

Solivagant

Central Karakorum National Park

Central Karakorum National Park (On tentative list)

Central Karakorum National Park by Solivagant

I commence this “review” of the "Central Karakorum National Park" (CKKNP) by stating that I am somewhat shame-faced to proffer a report of such a “puny” visit to this magnificent natural T List site. I do so purely to contribute to the “Community objective” of having as many T List sites reviewed here as possible and not from any suggestion that we, in any way, fully visited and appreciated it. The space remains for a Community member who has achieved rather more than we have in that respect to report on their experiences and conclusions! However, beyond merely providing a record of our “limited” visit, there is also much which has been un-highlighted to date about the site and its history which I believe is worth recording here (at some length!) …..

The “Background”

To whet your appetite if you haven't considered going, I quote from Isobel Shaw’s “Pakistan Handbook” - “The most concentrated block of high mountains anywhere in the World, and the longest glaciers outside the polar regions”. Indeed the CKKNP apparently contains c608 glaciers - give or take a few! Moreover, the area has been subject to what has been titled the “Karakoram Glacier Anomaly” by which its glaciers are actually increasing their total mass. This review arises from a trip in Aug 1996 when we traveled along the Karakoram Highway (KKH) over into China. Much will have changed since those days. What was one of the …

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