Jul 09 2024
Hkakabo Razi 🏔️ Overview Hkakabo Razi is a remote, glaciated mountain in the northernmost reaches of Myanmar, near the country’s borders with India and China. Commonly listed at 5,881 meters (19,295 feet), it is traditionally recognized as Myanmar’s highest mountain and the highest summit in Southeast Asia. However, that distinction comes with an important qualification: …
Jul 08 2024
Damyon 🏔️ Overview Damyon is a remote, sacred mountain rising to 6,324 meters (20,748 feet) in southeastern Tibet, China. Also known as Damiyong or Dameiyong, it is the highest summit of the Taniantaweng Mountains, a rugged branch of the larger Hengduan mountain system. The mountain stands within a dramatic landscape of parallel ridges, deep river …
Jul 07 2024
Kogar Laka | Cogar Laka 🏔️ Overview Kogar Laka is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain in the Meili Snow Mountains near the boundary between southeastern Tibet and northwestern Yunnan, China. Rising to approximately 6,509 meters (21,355 feet), it is the second-highest major summit in the Kawagebo massif, surpassed only by nearby Kawagebo. The mountain appears …
May 28 2024
Tirich Mir (ترچ میر, Terich Mir, Terichmir, Turch Mir) 🏔️ Overview Rising to 7,708 meters (25,289 feet) above the valleys of northern Pakistan, Tirich Mir is the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush and the highest mountain anywhere outside the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges. Its enormous glaciated massif dominates the Chitral region, where the mountain’s …
May 28 2024
Distaghil Sar (Disteghil Sar, دستاغل سر) 🏔️ Overview Distaghil Sar rises to 7,885 meters (25,869 feet) in northern Pakistan, making it the highest mountain in the Hispar Muztagh, a spectacular subrange of the Karakoram. Also spelled Disteghil Sar, this immense, heavily glaciated mountain is generally recognized as the 19th-highest independent mountain in the world and …
May 28 2024
Rakaposhi (راکاپوشی) 🏔️ Overview Rising dramatically above Pakistan’s Hunza and Nagar valleys, Rakaposhi is one of the most recognizable mountains in the Karakoram. Its summit reaches 7,788 meters (25,551 feet), but its extraordinary appearance comes from the immense vertical distance between its icy summit and the surrounding river valleys. From the Hunza River, Rakaposhi rises …
May 28 2024
Batura Sar | Batura I 🏔️ Overview Batura Sar rises to 7,795 meters (25,574 feet) in the western Karakoram of northern Pakistan, making it the highest mountain in the Batura Muztagh and one of the highest peaks on Earth. Also known as Batura I, this immense, heavily glaciated mountain dominates a long alpine wall overlooking …
May 28 2024
K2 (Godwin Austen, Mount Godwin-Austen, Chhogori, Chogori, Qogir, چھوغوری) 🏔️ Overview K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world, rising to 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) along the border between Pakistan and China. Located in the Baltoro Muztagh of the Karakoram, it is the highest mountain in Pakistan, the highest summit in the Karakoram, and the …
Apr 22 2024
Kabru Kabru is a spectacular high-altitude mountain massif in the eastern Himalayas, rising along the border between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. Immediately south of Kangchenjunga, the third-highest mountain in the world, Kabru forms part of one of the most impressive concentrations of giant peaks anywhere in the Himalayas. Kabru is more complicated …
Apr 22 2024
Kangchenjunga Rising to 8,586 meters (28,169 feet) on the border between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain on Earth, surpassed only by Mount Everest and K2. Yet height alone barely captures the importance of this enormous Himalayan massif. Kangchenjunga is a mountain of immense physical scale, with sprawling glaciers, …
