In Himalaya Region Baltoro glacier is the second biggest glacier. Baltoro is located in the huge coliseum bound by high peaks. In the Ladakh there is Baltistan area which has the Karakoram Range and towards its south slopes is situated the Baltoro glacier.

Many glacial lakes are been served as basins by the ice that is moving and that has produced a depression. The Wide channel, snowfall is vast and is the main part, the side walls are of different types from steep to abrupt are some of the features that makes this glacier sets apart from others.