List of Peaks
A list of notable peaks adjacent to or near the Baltoro Glacier includes:
- K2, 2nd highest of the world at 8611m
- Gasherbrum I, 11th highest of the world at 8,080m.
- Broad Peak, 12th highest of the world at 8,047m.
- Gasherbrum II, 13th highest of the world at 8,035m.
- Gasherbrum III, 7,946m. (Often regarded as a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.)
- Gasherbrum IV, 17th highest of the world at 7,932m.
- Masherbrum (K1), 22nd highest of the world at 7,821m.
- Chogolisa, 36th highest of the world at 7,665m.
- Muztagh Tower, 7,273m.
- Snow Dome, 7,160m.
- Biarchedi, 6,781 m
- Uli Biaho Tower, 6,417m.
- Trango Towers, 6,286m. (Their vertical faces are the world's tallest cliffs.)
- Mitre Peak, 6,010m.
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