The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.145

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The Karakoram is backed by the heights of the Tibetan plateau, here it is true at their narrowest, but none the less almost inaccessible, except for one or two passes at heights of 18,000 feet, which are traversed in the summer time by a few Yak caravans. In the Karakoram is mount Godwin Austen, second only to Everest among the mountains of the world. There also are the largest glaciers outside the Arctic and Antarctic regions.