Jul 16 2026
🏔️ Overview The Karakoram contains some of the highest, steepest, and most heavily glaciated mountains on Earth. Among its best-known peaks are a group identified by short survey codes: K1, K2, K3, and onward through K12. These labels originated during nineteenth-century mapping of the Karakoram by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India and the Survey …
Jul 12 2026
Yukshin Gardan Sar (یکشن گردن سر) Rising above the remote glaciers of northern Pakistan, Yukshin Gardan Sar is one of the least familiar of the world’s great 7,000-meter mountains. Its summit reaches approximately 7,530 meters (24,705 feet) in the Hispar Muztagh, a rugged subrange of the Karakoram known for immense peaks, heavily fractured glaciers, and …
Jul 11 2026
Mukut Parbat (also spelled Mukut Parvat) Rising to 7,242 meters (23,760 feet) in the remote Garhwal Himalaya, Mukut Parbat is one of the world’s 100 highest independent mountains. The peak stands within the Kamet group near the frontier between India and China, surrounded by immense glaciers, steep rock walls, narrow ridges, and several other summits …
Jul 09 2026
Goodwill Peak | Sad-bhawna Shikhar | Kalumar Peak | Kalumbe Peak 🏔️ Overview Sadbhavna Shikhar, also known as Goodwill Peak, is the highest recognized point of the Vindhya Range in central India. The forested summit rises near Singrampur in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh and reaches approximately 752 meters (2,467 feet) above sea level. …
Jul 09 2026
The Karakoram is one of the highest, wildest, and most heavily glaciated mountain ranges on Earth. Extending across the borderlands of Pakistan, India, and China, this immense landscape contains K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, along with three other peaks exceeding 8,000 meters. Compared with the more continuous ridges of the Himalayas, the Karakoram is a …
Jul 09 2026
Masherbrum (formerly K1, ما شربرم) Rising above the glaciers and valleys of Pakistan’s central Karakoram, Masherbrum is one of the world’s highest, most beautiful, and least frequently climbed mountains. Its steep ridges form an almost perfectly proportioned pyramid, while enormous walls of rock and ice descend from a summit standing 7,821 meters (25,659 feet) above …
Jul 08 2026
🏔️ Overview The Tenasserim Hills, also called the Tenasserim Range or Tanintharyi Range, form a long belt of forested mountains along the border between Myanmar and Thailand. The range extends southward from the mountain country near the Dawna Range toward the Kra Isthmus, creating a natural divide between Myanmar’s narrow Tanintharyi coastal region and western …
Jul 07 2026
Explore the Mountains of Asia Asia is home to the highest, most extensive, and arguably the most legendary mountain landscapes on Earth. Stretching from the rugged peaks of Turkey and the Caucasus to the snow-covered summits of Siberia and the tropical mountains of Southeast Asia, the continent contains an astonishing diversity of mountain ranges, climates, …
Jul 07 2026
Ama Dablam Ama Dablam is one of the most recognizable mountains in the Himalayas. Rising above the valleys and villages of Nepal’s Khumbu region, the mountain is distinguished by sharply defined ridges, steep rock-and-ice faces, and a dramatic hanging glacier suspended beneath its summit. Although Ama Dablam is considerably lower than nearby giants such as …
Jul 06 2026
Saltoro Kangri | K10 (سالتورو کانگری) 🏔️ Overview Saltoro Kangri, also known as K10, is the highest mountain in the Saltoro Mountains, a remote subrange of the Karakoram west of the Siachen Glacier. Rising to 7,742 meters (25,400 feet), it is commonly ranked as the 31st-highest independent mountain in the world. The mountain stands in …
