Category: Continents/Regions

Skil Brum

Skil Brum (سکل برم‎, Skilbrum) Skil Brum is a 7,410-meter (24,310-foot) mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh of the Karakoram, rising on the Pakistan–China frontier only a short distance west-southwest of K2. It stands on the western side of the Godwin-Austen Glacier, roughly opposite Broad Peak, in one of the most extraordinary concentrations of high mountains …

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Sherpi Kangri

Sherpi Kangri Sherpi Kangri is a 7,380-meter (24,213-foot) mountain in the Saltoro Mountains of the eastern Karakoram. Rising in the remote high country north of Saltoro Kangri and south of Ghent Kangri, it belongs to one of the least accessible major mountain groups in High Asia, a landscape shaped not only by enormous glaciers and …

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Passu Sar

Passu Sar (پسو سر‎, Passu Sar, Passu I) Passu Sar is a 7,476-meter (24,528-foot) mountain in the Batura Muztagh of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising above the upper Hunza Valley near the village of Passu, it is the highest summit of the Passu massif and one of the major 7,000-meter mountains forming the eastern …

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Momhil Sar

Momhil Sar (Mumhail Sar) Momhil Sar is a 7,414-meter (24,324-foot) mountain in the Hispar Muztagh of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Also known by the Wakhi pronunciation Mumhail Sar, it rises immediately northwest of Trivor in an immense landscape of glaciers, high ridges, avalanche-swept faces, and neighboring 7,000-meter summits. The mountain is easy to overlook …

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Sia Kangri

Sia Kangri Sia Kangri is a 7,422-meter (24,350-foot) mountain in the Karakoram, rising in one of the most remote and politically complex high-mountain regions on Earth. Part of the Baltoro Muztagh, the peak stands on the present-day China–Pakistan boundary near the upper reaches of the Siachen and Baltoro glacier systems and close to territory administered …

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Baltoro Kangri

Baltoro Kangri (بلتورو کنگری‎) Baltoro Kangri is a vast snow-and-ice mountain rising above the head of the famous Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan’s Karakoram. Reaching approximately 7,312 meters (23,989 feet), it is one of the highest mountains in the world and one of the great landmarks of the upper Baltoro region. The mountain was once known …

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Saraghrar

Saraghrar (سراغرار‎) Saraghrar is one of the great high mountains of the Hindu Kush, rising to 7,349 meters (24,110 feet) in the Chitral region of northwestern Pakistan. Rather than forming a simple isolated pyramid, Saraghrar is an enormous multi-summited massif crowned by a broad high-altitude plateau and surrounded by formidable walls of rock, snow, and …

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Istor-o-Nal

Istor-o-Nal | Istoro Nal | इस्तोर-ओ-नल Istor-o-Nal is a sprawling 7,000-meter massif in the Hindu Kush of northern Pakistan. Rising to approximately 7,403 meters (24,288 feet), it is one of the highest mountains in the range and stands among a remarkable cluster of major peaks that includes Tirich Mir, Noshaq, and Saraghrar. Unlike a simple …

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Ultar Sar

Ultar Sar (آلتر سار, Ultar, Ultar II, Bojohagur Duanasir II) Ultar Sar is a spectacular 7,388-meter (24,239-foot) mountain rising almost directly above the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan. Part of the Batura Muztagh of the Karakoram, the mountain is remarkable not only for its height but for the extraordinary relief between its summit and the …

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Noshaq

Noshaq (Nowshak, Nōshākh, نوشاخ‎) Noshaq is the highest mountain in Afghanistan, the second-highest summit of the Hindu Kush, and the westernmost mountain on Earth to rise above 7,000 meters. Reaching 7,492 meters (24,580 feet), it stands directly on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, with its northern and western slopes descending into Afghanistan’s remote Wakhan region and its …

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