A mountain range located in Gilgit, Ladakh and Baltistan, containing more than sixty peaks above 7,000 m (22,960 ft), including K2, the second highest peak in the world.

The highest paved international road in the world, which connects China to Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet).

An area along both sides of the Shaksgam River which is de facto administered by China as part of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, but which was claimed by Pakistan until 1963, and which is claimed by India (as part of Ladakh).