Argan Kangri

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Argan Kangri
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height 6789  m
location Ladakh ( India )
Mountains Saser Muztagh ( Karakoram )
Dominance 23.62 km →  Saser Kangri II
Coordinates 34 ° 36 '22 "  N , 77 ° 53' 58"  E Coordinates: 34 ° 36 '22 "  N , 77 ° 53' 58"  E
Argan Kangri (Ladakh)
Argan Kangri
First ascent July 20th, 2003 by a group of four women

The Argan Kangri is a mountain in the Karakoram in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh .

At 6789  m, the Argan Kangri is the highest mountain in the Arganglas group in the southern part of the Saser Muztagh in the Ladakh region.

In 2001 an expedition led by Chris Bonington on the Argan Kangri failed . The Argan Kangri was finally climbed on July 20, 2003 by a group of four women (Rita Gombu Marwah, Phul Maya Tamang, Sushma Thakur and Kavita Barthoki) for the first time.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Asia, India, East Karakoram, The Arganglas Group, Exploration and First Ascents
  2. ↑ thefreelibrary.com: Women on top of the world: Yana Bey encounters heartbreak and triumph as a team of Indian women conquer Argan Kangri, an unclimbed peak in the Karakoram Range