Attabad Lake also known as Gojal lake (Urdu: عطا آباد جھیل‎), is a lake in Gojal Valley, Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan the region of Pakistan. The lake was created in January 2010 by a landslide dam.[3] The lake has since become a tourist attraction itself for its unique blue color and dramatic mountain backdrop.
The lake was formed due to a massive landslide at Attabad Village in Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9 miles (14 km) upstream (east) of Karimabad that occurred on 4 January 2010.[4] The landslide killed twenty people and blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months. The lake flooding has displaced 6,000 people from upstream villages, stranded (from land transportation routes) a further 25,000,[5] and inundated over 12 miles (19 km) of the Karakoram Highway.

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