Gilit or Sargin-Gilit by local people. In the Burushaski
language, it is named Geelt and in Wakhi and Khowar it is called Gilt.
Ghallata is considered its name in ancient Sanskrit literature. Gilgit
City is one of the two major hubs in Gilgit Baltistan for mountaineering
expeditions to the Karakoram and other the peaks in the Himalayas, the other
hub being Skardu
