Miar Glacier
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Miar Glacier is a glacier
that forms in the north of Miar Peak
(6824 m (22,388.5 ft)) in Hoper Valley in Nagar
, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
that forms in the north of Miar Peak
Miar Peak
Miar Peak is a mountain in Hispar Valley in the Gilgit District of Northern Areas of Pakistan. It lies southeast of Diran peak and northwest of Malubiting peak .-External links:*...
(6824 m (22,388.5 ft)) in Hoper Valley in Nagar
Nagar, Pakistan
Nagar is a town near to the Gilgit Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. The town is located in Hunza–Nagar District and was the capital of the former State of Nagar...
, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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