Skardu Fort

Kharpocho Fort
قلعہ کھرپوچو
Kharpocho Fort; قلعہ کھرپوچو
	A view of fort from the foot of Mont Kharpocho
Location	Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan
Coordinates	35°18′15″N 75°38′22″E / 35.30406°N 75.63957°E
Built	16th Century CE
	Location of Kharpocho Fort; قلعہ کھرپوچو in Gilgit Baltistan Skardu Fort (Pakistan)

Skardu Fort or Kharpocho (Balti: کھر فچو; Urdu: قلعہ سکردو), meaning The king of Forts, is a fort in Skardu in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Australian mountaineer and film maker Greg Child writes that the fort is "perched above the junction of the rivers" and overlooks the Rock of Skardu.^[1]

^ Greg Child (1998). Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas. The Mountaineers Books. p. 72. ISBN 9780898865882.

[1] Greg Child (1998). Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas. The Mountaineers Books. p. 72. ISBN 9780898865882.

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