Saltoro Ridge

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Saltoro Ridge is a strategically significant mountain range in the eastern Karakoram, forming part of the disputed Siachen region between India and Pakistan.

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Label Occurrences
Saltoro Ridge canonical 9

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
accessDifficulty extremely difficult due to altitude and glaciers ⓘ
associatedConflict Siachen conflict ⓘ
associatedWith Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) ⓘ
averageElevation over 6000 metres ⓘ
borderDispute India–Pakistan Kashmir dispute ⓘ
climate high-altitude polar and alpine climate ⓘ
containsPass Bilafond La ⓘ
Chulung La ⓘ
Gyong La ⓘ
Sia La ⓘ
Yarma La ⓘ
containsPeak Ghent Kangri ⓘ
K12 ⓘ
Saltoro Kangri I ⓘ
linked to: Saltoro Kangri

Saltoro Kangri II ⓘ
linked to: Saltoro Kangri

Sherpi Kangri ⓘ
Sia Kangri ⓘ
countryClaimedBy India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
environmentalIssues glacial degradation due to military activity ⓘ
firstAscentOfSaltoroKangri Japanese-Pakistani expedition ⓘ
firstMajorAscentOfHighestPeak 1962 ⓘ
formsWatershedBetween Indus River basin and Shyok River basin ⓘ
linked to: Indus River basin
formsWesternWallOf Siachen Glacier ⓘ
geologicalType folded sedimentary and metamorphic rocks ⓘ
highestElevation approximately 7742 metres at Saltoro Kangri ⓘ
highestPoint Saltoro Kangri ⓘ
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan region (disputed) ⓘ
linked to: Gilgit-Baltistan

Ladakh region (disputed) ⓘ
linked to: Ladakh

Siachen region ⓘ
linked to: Siachen Glacier

disputed territory between India and Pakistan ⓘ
eastern Karakoram ⓘ
militaryControl largely controlled by India along the main crest ⓘ
militaryPresence heavily militarized ⓘ
nameEtymology likely derived from local Balti toponyms ⓘ
nameLanguage Balti ⓘ
nearbyGlacier Baltoro Glacier (regionally nearby in Karakoram) ⓘ
linked to: Baltoro Glacier

Siachen Glacier ⓘ
orientation roughly northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Karakoram Range ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram
region Greater Himalaya mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Greater Himalayas
separates Siachen Glacier from Kondus and Dansam river valleys ⓘ
Siachen Glacier from Pakistani-controlled valleys to the west ⓘ
strategicImportance controls access to Siachen Glacier ⓘ
overlooks approaches from Pakistan-controlled territory to Siachen Glacier ⓘ
terrain glaciated and heavily crevassed ⓘ
usedFor high-altitude military posts ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siachen Glacier → nearbyFeature → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ
Operation Meghdoot → relatedTo → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ
K12 → locatedOn → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ
Bilafond La → locatedOn → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ
Gyong La → near → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ
Yarma La → locatedIn → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ
Chulung La → locatedIn → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ
Chulung La → ridge → Saltoro Ridge ⓘ