Passu Cones & Batura–Passu Glaciers
Karakoram · also Cathedral Ridge, Hunza
Photo: Lareb Qudsi, CC BY-SA 4.0
The serrated 'Passu Cones' are carved from steeply dipping Permian–Triassic Karakoram carbonates (Guhjal Dolomite) beside the Batura and Passu glaciers — two of the longest valley glaciers outside the polar regions — in one of the most photographed landscapes of upper Hunza.
- Sawtooth peaks in folded Guhjal Dolomite / Gircha Formation
- Batura Glacier (~57 km), a major surging glacier
- Iconic Karakoram Highway viewpoint
The geology here
The stratigraphic units exposed at this site — every geological fact above traces to their cited sources.
Guhjal Dolomite
Late Permian–Late TriassicMassive grey platform dolostones and dolomitic limestones with peritidal cycles.
Gircha Formation
Late Carboniferous–Early PermianThick-bedded to massive arkosic and quartzarenitic sandstone with slate (argillite) intercalations, passing upward into dark argillites with thin limestone–dolo…
Quantitative assessment
Scored with the Brilha (2016) method — each value 0–400. Desk-based first pass; the full score matrix ships with the open dataset.
Nearby geosites
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