Karakoram Highway, Attabad Lake Shishkat Gojal Hunza, Pakistan

fatimaah (11)in #life • 6 years ago (edited)

Karakoram Highway Attabad Lake Shishkat Gojal Hunza Pakistan , Attabad Lake also known as Gojal lake, is a lake in Gojal Valley, Hunza, Pakistan that was created in January 2010 by a landslide dam. The lake has since become a tourist attraction itself for its unique blue color and dramatic mountain backdrop.

The N-35 or National Highway 35, known more popularly as the Karakoram Highway and China-Pakistan Friendship Highway, is a 1300 km national highway in Pakistan which extends from Hasan Abdal in Punjab province of Pakistan to the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit-Baltistan, where it crosses into China and becomes China National Highway 314. The highway connects the Pakistani provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan with China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The highway is a popular tourist attraction, and is one of the highest paved roads in the world, passing through the Karakoram mountain range, at 36°51′00″N 75°25′40″E an elevation of 4,714 metres (15,466 ft). The Karakoram Highway, also known as the Friendship Highway in China, was built by the governments of Pakistan and China.