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Astore Valley
Photograph of an unnamed, 5400-metre peak raising jagged, snow-clad ramparts above the Astore Valley
Astore Valley is located in Gilgit Baltistan
Astore Valley
Astore Valley
Location within Astore District
Astore Valley is located in Pakistan
Astore Valley
Astore Valley
Location in Pakistan
Floor elevation2,600 m (8,500 ft)
Length120 km (75 mi)
Naming
Native nameوادی استور (Urdu)
Geography
Coordinates35°02′20.3″N 75°06′36.9″E / 35.038972°N 75.110250°E / 35.038972; 75.110250 

The Astore Valley (Urdu: وادی استور; el. 2,600 m (8,500 ft)) is a valley located in the Astore District of Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan.[1]

History

According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India, around 1600:

Ghāzī Mukhpun, a Persian adventurer, is said to have married a princess of the Skārdu reigning family. The four sons born of this union became Rās of Skārdu, Astor, Roundu, and Kharmang respectively, and from them are descended the families of the present chiefs of those places. The independence of Astor ceased at the Dogra conquest.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Muhammad, Sher; Tian, Lide (15 December 2016). "Changes in the ablation zones of glaciers in the western Himalaya and the Karakoram between 1972 and 2015". Remote Sensing of Environment. 187: 505–512. Bibcode:2016RSEnv.187..505M. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.10.034. ISSN 0034-4257.
  2. ^ Gilgit - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 239 According to the Imperial Gazetteer, which was compiled in the first decade of the twentieth century, the marriage took place over three hundred years ago


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