Gilgit Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu/Shina/Burushaski/Balti,formerly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan is the
northernmost administrative territory of Pakistan.It borders Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to
the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, Xinjiang, China, to the east and northeast and Jammu and Kashmir to
the southeast. The region, together with Azad Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir, is disputed between India and Pakistan.

Gilgit-Baltistan is an autonomousself-governing region that was established as a single administrative unit in 1970, formed by
the amalgamation of the Gilgit Agency, the Baltistan region and the former princely states of Hunza and Nagar. It covers an area
of 72,971 km² (28,174 sq mi) and is highly mountainous. It has an estimated population approaching 2,000,000. Its capital
city is Gilgit (population 216,760).

There are three lakes in Naltar Valley known as Naltar Lakes or Bashkiri Lakes at an altitude ranging from 3050–3150 m. The first Bashkiri 

Lake is located at a distance of 12 kilometers (08 mi) from Upper Naltar (or the Naltar Bala).The road up to the lakes is a non-metallic dirt-road 

alongside a rivulet, flowing down the valley. The lakes are surrounded by dense pine forests, during winters it becomes almost impossible to reach the

lake with any vehicle due to the heavy snow (10 to 15 feet high) on the road.