Karakoram

[ kahr-uh-kawr-uh m, -kohr-, kar- ]

/ ˌkɑr əˈkɔr əm, -ˈkoʊr-, ˌkær- /

noun

Also called Mustagh. a mountain range in NW India, in N Kashmir. Highest peak, K2, 28,250 feet (8611 meters).

a pass traversing this range, on the route from NE Kashmir to Sinkiang province in China. 18,300 feet (5580 meters).

Example sentences from the Web for karakoram

Skardu is a 20- to 24-hour drive from Islamabad via the Karakoram Highway.

It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small |Lonely Planet |December 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It is known as the Karakoram range because a pass called the Karakoram Pass crosses it.

Kashmir |Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
The third pass, and the only one now frequented, is that of the Karakoram, an extremely easy though very elevated one.

Western Himalaya and Tibet |Thomas Thomson
Beyond the Karakoram pass (18,550 ft.) is a lofty bleak upland with salt lakes dotted over its surface.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir |Sir James McCrone Douie

After the abandonment of this pass, that of Karakoram, forty leagues east of it, became the principal route to Central Asia.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 |Various
The Shyok and its affluent, the Nubra, rise in the giant glaciers to the south-west of the Karakoram pass.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir |Sir James McCrone Douie

British Dictionary definitions for karakoram

Karakoram

Karakorum

/ (ˌkærəˈkɔːrəm) /

noun

a mountain system in N Kashmir, extending for about 480 km (300 miles) from northwest to southeast: contains the second highest peak in the world (K2); crossed by several high passes, notably the Karakoram Pass 5575 m (18 290 ft)

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Karakoram

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British Dictionary definitions for karakoram

Karakorum

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