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Mapas De Fronteras Disputadas 2 Paso del Karakorum K2K2 5.575 m 8.6118.611 mm Frontera reclamada por la India Frontera reclamada por la India Paso del Karakorum GasherbrumGasherbrum II Tecnología de altura 5.575 m 8.0808.080 mm La campaña india para defender su posición es peligrosa y cara, Collado Indira SinghiSinghi KangriKangri Collado5.840 m Indira 7.2077.207 mm pues precisa de helicópteros y CHINA SiaSia KangriKangri 5.840 m motonieves. Algunos soldados ColladoCollado Conway El precio de la guerra INDIAcciiaarr ddeell RRiimmoo Conway deben completar una traicionera GGllaa Se estima que el número de muertos ConcordiaConcordia ascensión de casi 24 horas de 4.6004.600 mm SiaSia LaLa duración para alcanzar su puesto. soportado por los dos bandos oscila GoraGora IIII o ddeel lB altor BaltoroBaltoro KangriKangri 5.5785.578 mm G ll a cc entre 2.500 y 5.000. La India incurre GoraGora II rr 7.3027.302 mm G ii r iiaa aa Sheh en el mayor gasto para no perder sus aacc rr Teram RimoRimo TToo GGll CC laciar posiciones a mayor altitud: un millón moo rrrr nt S G 7.3857.385 mm eell RRiim eess TT GhentGhent KangriKangri hle Si GGllaacciiaarr SSuurr dd rraanngg UrdukasUrdukas 11 erl Gde 6 6 ia de dólares al día, según se calcula. oo OO Glaarc ida 3 3 Glaci ac c o o h he MasherbrumMasherbrum c c i e i n 7.8217.821 mm RR GlaciarGlaciar n PP SherpiSherpi KangriKangri eell LolofondLolofond DD GGllaacciiaarr dd BilafondBilafond LaLa GK K 5.4505.450 mm G ola II 19841984 lo n SaltoroSaltoro KanuriKangri BaseBase deAskole Askole an cdi 19871987 PaijuPaiju cd ua LL 2121 kmkm i u sr 7.7417.741 mm 3.3853.385 mm ars L 33 9494 km km uu 22 C L aalldd LíneaLínea de de Hodgson Hodgson BBrr O C EE RRííoo KG al R RR GK abcei O K12 GGllaacc ala rair D iiaarr TTeerr bceir R AA 7.428 m oonngg SS air I L Línea actual de posiciones I uurr Penurias a gran altura L D DD sobre el terreno N Los aludes, el mal de altura, los E I EE D R L raatt GlaciarGlaciar deldel LL r HHaassr vientos de 200 kilómetros por A L cciiaar Bilafond llaa I hora y las temperaturas de -55 °C D E KK GG E R A AA GyongGyong LaLa Base de A son más letales que los combates: S A RR AA 5.6855.685 mm DzingrulmaBase Dzingrulma se cobran hasta el 90 % de las vidas L T D E KK 3.5363.536 mm 44 perdidas. Los soldados deben rotar O R OO RR con frecuencia entre los puestos. O UU M d M n ik Posición militar: Pakistán India fo m a Cikhu il GlaciaGr lCachiuamr 1989 RRííoo B NN KarmandingKarmanding ll Batalla del GyongGyong KangriKangri uubbrr Batalla Paso estratégico Carretera P e aa dd A e Pico 22.158 le ll K l a a V I V Gyong LachhitLachhit S T LugarLugar deldel corrimientocorrimiento dede tierrastierras GGllaacciiaarr ddee dede 20122012 dede GayariGayari ll GGyy Á oonn gg N GharkunGharkun 6.6206.620 mm DumsumDumsum BaseBase GomaGoma Impacto medioambiental 3.2773.277 mm 1 Destacamento indio cerca del Sia La (2005) 2 Destacamento paquistaní cerca del glaciar Kondus (2015) Décadas de tropas destacadas los 5.910 m 4.100 m Chulung La 365 días del año han convertido Chulung5.547 Lam SehatSehat 5.547 m unos glaciares antes prístinos en auténticos vertederos de Valles protegidos G 19991999 Gllaacciiaarr basura y residuos humanos. Los d el Chulung Pakistán controla más posiciones a del Chulung desperdicios abandonados en baja altitud, menos exigentes desde la zona pueden llegar al río Indo. el punto de vista físico y abastecibles por carretera. Las tropas defienden NJ9842NJ9842 Línea de Posición militar: Pakistán India LaLa Línea línea de controlControl sus valles con una artillería que control acordada en acordada1972 termina en apunta montaña arriba, hacia las Batalla Paso estratégico Carretera 1972en este termina punto. en No este se crestas en posesión de la India. muestranpunto. No las se posiciones muestran militareslas posiciones al sur del militares mismo. 100 m 100 m al sur del mismo. LA ESCALA VARÍA EN ESTA PERSPECTIVA LA DISTANCIA ENTRE EL NJ9842 Y EL COLLADO Línea NN INDIRA ES DE 76 KILÓMETROS 3 Destacamento indio cerca del Bilafond La (2018) 4 Base india de Dzingrulma (2018) 5.560 m 3.536 m de Control CRÓNICA DEL CONFLICTO 1947–1949 1971 1984 1987–1989 2003 2012 La Partición y la primera guerra De nuevo en guerra La India da el paso Batallas en las alturas Se declara el alto el fuego Fatal corrimiento de tierras Poco después de la partición de la En 1971 estalla otra guerra que culmina Vía helicóptero, la India destaca En 1987 la India toma un puesto La India y Pakistán acuerdan un alto Un deslizamiento de tierras heladas India y la creación de Pakistán en con la creación de Bangladesh, pero tropas en puertos de montaña clave paquistaní que domina el Bilanfond La, el fuego informal en toda Cachemira. arrasa un campamento del Ejército 1947, los dos nuevos países entran en el estatus de Cachemira sigue sin para impedir una posible ocupación un acceso clave al Siachen. Dos años Se infringe de forma habitual en la paquistaní en el valle del Bilafond. guerra por la soberanía del antiguo resolverse. A finales de la década paquistaní del glaciar. Tras las refriegas después, Pakistán se hace con una Línea de Control, pero en la cordillera Mueren sus 140 ocupantes. El lado Principado de Jammu y Cachemira. de 1970, la India inicia expediciones iniciales, ambos países envían efectivos cumbre cerca del glaciar del Chumik, de Saltoro no se registran combates indio, más nevado, es más proclive Al cabo de dos años se establece una de alpinismo para fortalecer su para establecer un frente militar a en la que resulta ser la batalla terrestre significativos desde una batalla librada a los aludes, como el que mató 100 m 100 m línea de alto el fuego incompleta. reivindicación sobre el glaciar Siachen. lo largo de la cordillera de Saltoro. a mayor altitud con bajas mortales. en 1999 en la zona del Chulung La. a 10 soldados en 2016. 70 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UNA FRONTERA EN LAS MONTAÑAS 71.
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