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The Naltar Valley is a valley situated about 34 kilometres (21 miles) from the city of Gilgit in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. [1] It is a forested area distinguished by its three lakes, Strangi Lake, Blue Lake, and Bodlok Lake, as well as by the mountainous landscape.
The Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Naltar Valley near Nomal, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. [1] The sanctuary was created on 22 November 1975 and consists of a steep-sided forested valley with high mountains on either side. The sanctuary is home to a number of large mammals, including a small number of Astor markhor.
There are four major alpine lakes in Naltar Valley known as Naltar Lakes (Urdu: نلتر) or Bashkiri Lakes [1] at altitudes ranging from 3,050–3,150 metres (10,010–10,330 ft).
The district includes Gilgit (the capital city), the Bagrot Valley, Juglot, Danyore, Sultanabad, Naltar Peak, and the Nomal Valley. The highest peak in the district is Distaghil Sar 7,885 metres (25,869 ft), which is the seventh-highest peak in Pakistan and 19th highest in the world.
Naltar ski resort is an hour's drive from Gilgit. It serves as the main facility for the Ski federation of Pakistan and hosted the 2016 Karakoram Alpine Ski Cup. Naltar Peak (Urdu: نلتر چوٹی) is a mountain of the Karakoram range in Naltar Valley in the Gilgit District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Aerial View of The Karakoram Highway. The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and the China–Pakistan Friendship Highway, is a 1,300 km (810 mi) national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab province of Pakistan to the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit ...
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One of the four major alpine lakes of Naltar Valley. It is the most prominent and the largest lakes of the valley. The name 'Satrangi' means 'seven-colored' in Urdu, so called because of the many shades of blue and green visible on the surface of the lake due to the moss, aquatic plants and roots of the trees in and around the lake.