Karakorum

"Madonna Ana," said Fra Tomasso, "ask Messer John Chagan for me whether the city called Karakorum is still the capital of the Tartar empire."

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

The highest mountain ranges of the world are under your fingers; and also, as the longest finger is the middle of the five, so the Karakorum is the central range of Tibetan mountains.

From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

(Image: "Karakorum Highway, Xinjiang" by flickr user pmorgan.)

Boing Boing 2009

But even soldiers from the rugged Balkans were unprepared for the Hindu Kush, a towering range extending southwest from the Karakorum and Himalayas.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

But even soldiers from the rugged Balkans were unprepared for the Hindu Kush, a towering range extending southwest from the Karakorum and Himalayas.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Hunza vally is the land of the high Karakorum mountains.

Literacy News from Digg – 7th Edition « Digg.com Digest « Digests « Literacy News 2009

But even soldiers from the rugged Balkans were unprepared for the Hindu Kush, a towering range extending southwest from the Karakorum and Himalayas.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The Karakorum Gallery is a series of pictures of my climb on Broad Peak (26,401 ') and the plan to make a good effort on K2 (28,250').

Broad Peak and K2 2010

The Karakorum Gallery is a series of pictures of my climb on Broad Peak (26,401 ') and the plan to make a good effort on K2 (28,250').

Broad Peak and K2 2010

The Karakorum Gallery is a series of pictures of my climb on Broad Peak (26,401 ') and the plan to make a good effort on K2 (28,250').

Broad Peak and K2 2010