Vigne Glacier
Glacier in Pakistan
35°38′26″N 76°44′22″E / 35.64056°N 76.73944°E / 35.64056; 76.73944
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.
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
- Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth
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Glaciers of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Abruzzi Glacier
- Baltoro Glacier
- Batura Glacier
- Biafo Glacier
- Biarchedi Glacier
- Chogo Lungma Glacier
- Chumik Glacier
- Godwin-Austen Glacier
- Gondogoro Glacier
- Hainablak Glacier
- Hispar Glacier
- Kutiah Lungma Glacier
- Miar Glacier
- Panmah Glacier
- Passu Glacier
- Rupal Glacier
- Shani Glacier
- Trango Glacier
- Vigne Glacier
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