2012 Gayari Sector avalanche
On 7 April 2012, an avalanche hit a Pakistan Army base in Gayari Sector, near the Siachen Glacier region, trapping 140 soldiers and civilian contractors under deep snow. The incident occurred at an altitude of about 4,000 meters and 300 km northeast of Skardu (capital of Baltistan). It was the worst avalanche that the Pakistani military has experienced in the area.
2012 Gayari avalanche Location of the Gayari Sector region in relation to Pakistan | |
| Date | 7 April 2012 |
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| Time | 06:00 am PKT (01:00 UTC) |
| Location | Gayari military base, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35.21355°N 076.835591°E |
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On 29 May 2012, Pakistan declared that the 129 soldiers and 11 civilians were killed.
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