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== Geography == Passu is situated along the [[Hunza River]], approximately {{convert|20|km}} from [[Gulmit]], the administrative headquarters of Upper Hunza [[tehsil]] of [[Gojal]]. It is about {{convert|147|km}} upriver from [[Gilgit]]. Passu lies in the Gojal Valley, within the subdivision of [[Hunza District|District Hunza]]. Passu is located near the tongue of the [[Passu Glacier]] and just south of the [[Batura Glacier]], which, at {{convert|56|km}}, is the seventh-longest non-polar glacier in the world and extends close to the highway.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gao |first1=Haifeng |last2=Zou |first2=Xiaojuan |last3=Wu |first3=Jianfeng |last4=Zhang |first4=Yinsheng |last5=Deng |first5=Xiaoya |last6=Hussain |first6=Saulat |last7=Wazir |first7=Muhammad Atif |last8=Zhu |first8=Guocai |title=Post-20th century near-steady state of Batura Glacier: observational evidence of Karakoram Anomaly |journal=Scientific Reports |date=22 January 2020 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=987 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-57660-0 |pmid=31969603 |url=https://rdcu.be/dNFzf |access-date=13 July 2024 |language=en|pmc=6976705 }}</ref> Additionally, [[Borith Lake]], a saline lake, located at 2,600 m above sea level, lies below the Hussaini village.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abbas |first1=Fakhar-i- |last2=Manzoor |first2=Madeeha |last3=Shah |first3=Imran |last4=Mian |first4=Afsar |title=Black-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in Karakoram: Record on Vagrancy |journal=Journal of Bioresource Management |volume=3 |issue=4 |url=https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/jbm |access-date=13 July 2024 |publisher=Wright State University |language=en}}</ref> Tupopdan, also known as "Passu Cones" or "Passu Cathedral," stands at {{convert|6106|m|ft|0}} and is located north of the Passu village in [[Gojal Valley]].<ref name=Wakhi>{{cite journal |last1=Rasheed |first1=Zeeshan |last2=Ali |first2=Muhammad Kashif |title=History And Development of Cultural Proxies of Wakhi People of Gojal-Hunza Pakistan |journal=International "Journal of Academic Research for Humanities" |date=28 December 2023 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=239β248 |url=https://jar.bwo-researches.com/index.php/jarh/article/view/311 |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref> It is the most photographed peak of the region.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Alan |title=A Photo Trip Along the Ancient Silk Road |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/11/a-photo-trip-along-the-ancient-silk-road/546767/ |accessdate=18 September 2019 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=27 November 2017}}</ref> Nearby are the high peaks, including [[Pasu Sar]], [[Shispare Sar]], and [[Batura]].
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