Concordia (Karakoram)


Concordia is the name for the confluence of the mighty Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier, in the heart of the Karakoram range of Pakistan. It is located in the Baltistan region of Pakistan, at 4691 m above sea level. The name was applied by the English mountaineer Aleister Crowley during the 1902 Eckenstein/Crowley attempt on K2, and comes from this location's similarity to a glacial confluence, also named Concordia, in the Bernese Oberland, part of the Central Alps.

History

In 1890, Robert Lerco was the first reported person to reach Concordia, followed by William Martin Conway in 1892.