Gilgit Baltistan by Drone Part 1

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Take a tour of Pakistan's mountainous Gilgit Baltistan territory in this drone video by top contributor nayyar2006. The video was mostly filmed from the Karakorum Highway, which runs roughly north from the Punjab province through GB and to the border with China. You'll see the three great mountain ranges which converge here - the Himalaya, Karakorum, and Hindu Kush. Specific featured locations include Attabad Lake (at the 1:15 mark), Mt. Tupopdan (aka Passu Cones) (1:47), Hopar Glacier and Valley (2:16), and Passu Glacier (3:50).

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This video is the second in the series on northern Pakistan and the first of three on the Gilgit Baltistan province. This video features mountains from the world's three highest mountain ranges - the Himalaya, the Karakorum, and the Hindu Kush. Most of these views are off of the Karakorum Highway which links Hasan Abdal, Pakistan to Kashgar, China. The above three mountain ranges converge at Jaglot where the Indus River and Gilgit River meet. This is the scene in the video at 3:06 where the mountains on screen right are Himalaya, screen center are Karakorum, and extreme screen left are Hindu Kush, each divided by a river. Other noteworthy features are Attabad Lake (1:15), Passu Cones (1:47), Hopar Glacier and Valley (2:16), and Passu Glacier (3:50).