The 300 miles long and 60 miles wide Karakorum Range begins at Chilinji, south east of Wakhjir Pass and stretches up to the Indian occupied disputed territory of Ladakh beyond Sicachen Glacier to
the Western extremities of Tibet in China. The Turkish word Kara-korum
mean “black rock” is thought to have originated from Tethys Sea some 50
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