Ghanche District is the easternmost district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. To its northeast is Xinjiang

Xinjiang

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 (China

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), to the north and northwest is Skardu District

Skardu District

Skardu District is part of Baltistan and currently constitutes one of the seven districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan...

, to its west is Astore District

Astore District

Astore is one of the six districts of the Gilgit Baltistan. The district contains the Astore Valley and is bounded to the west by Diamer District , to the north by Gilgit District, to the east by Skardu District and to the south by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Neelum District of Azad Kashmir...

 and to its south is Ladakh District in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

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. The Actual Ground Position Line

Actual Ground Position Line

The Actual Ground Position Line refers to the current position that divides Indian and Pakistani troops at the Siachen Glacier. The line extends from the northernmost point of the LOC to Indira Col.-History:...

 (AGPL) at the eastern most part of Ghanche District cuts through the Siachen Glacier

Siachen Glacier

The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about , just east of the Line of Control between India-Pakistan. India controls all of the Siachen Glacier itself, including all tributary glaciers. At long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and...

 region. Territory east of the AGPL is currently controlled by India

India

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. (It has been proposed by moderates in Pakistan and India to make the Siachen Glacier

Siachen Glacier

The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about , just east of the Line of Control between India-Pakistan. India controls all of the Siachen Glacier itself, including all tributary glaciers. At long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and...

 region a Peace Park).

The capital of Ghanche District is Khaplu

Khaplu

Khaplu is the capital town of the Ghangche District of Gilgit-Baltistan. Lying east of Skardu town, it was the second-largest kingdom in old Baltistan. It guarded the trade route to Ladakh along the Shyok River...

. This region is the coldest place within Pakistan also called the "Third Pole" with temperatures reaching below -20 °C in the winter. Khaplu Valley

Khaplu

Khaplu is the capital town of the Ghangche District of Gilgit-Baltistan. Lying east of Skardu town, it was the second-largest kingdom in old Baltistan. It guarded the trade route to Ladakh along the Shyok River...

 and Hushe Valley

Hushe

Hushe is the last village of the Ghangche District of northern Pakistan. It is the highest village in the once extremely remote and impoverished valley. Hushe men began working as cooks and porters for expeditions in the 1960s. Reinhold Messner's cook Rozi Ali, is from Hushe...

 form the gateway for the great Baltoro Muztagh

Baltoro Muztagh

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, the subrange of Karakoram

Karakoram

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 that includes the mighty peaks of K2

K2

K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest...

 (8,611 m), Broad Peak

Broad Peak

Broad Peak , is the 12th highest mountain on Earth, with an elevation of 8,051 meters . The literal translation of "Broad Peak" to Faichan Kangri is not accepted among the Balti people.- Geography :...

 (8,047 m), Gasherbrums (8,000+ m) and Masherbrum

Masherbrum

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 (7,821 m) (all of which are included in the Skardu District

Skardu District

Skardu District is part of Baltistan and currently constitutes one of the seven districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan...

).