Hispar Muztagh

Hispar Muztagh
The Hispar Muztagh seen from the Hunza Valley
Highest peak	Distaghil Sar ( 7885  m )
location	Gilgit in Gilgit-Baltistan ( Pakistan )
part of	Karakoram
Coordinates	36 ° 20 ′  N , 75 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 20 ′  N , 75 ° 11 ′  E
Type	Fold Mountains
The Hispar Muztagh (central-western part) above the Hispar glacier
Eastern part of Hispar Muztagh with Hispar La and Biafo glacier / Lukpe Lawo / Sim-Gang glacier

The Hispar Muztagh is a mountain range in the Karakoram in the Pakistani autonomous region of Gilgit-Baltistan , the former Northern Areas . It is part of the main Karakoram chain known as the Muztagh. The Hispar Muztagh is the second highest mountain range of the Karakoram after the Baltoro Muztagh . It contains numerous high "seven-thousanders". The Distaghil Sar , the highest mountain in the chain, reaches a height of 7885  m and is therefore only towered over by K2 and the highest mountains of the Gasherbrum group in the Karakoram.

location

The Hispar Muztagh is located in the northwestern part of the Karakoram. It runs from west-northwest to east-southeast from the Hunza valley to the firn basin of the Biafogletscher ( Snow Lake ) and the Khurdopin glacier and has an extension of about 70 kilometers. To the south it is bordered by the Hispar Glacier and the Hispar River Valley . In the north, the mountain range is bounded by the Shimshal valley. Shimshal and Hispartal run roughly parallel at a distance of about 35 kilometers and drain to the west to the Hunza valley. The importance of the Hispar Muztagh as a watershed is therefore minor.

In the west of the Hunza Valley, which is accessed by the Karakoram Highway , lies the Batura Muztagh . To the east of the Khurdopin Pass, the transition between Snow Lake and Khurdopin Glacier, lies the Panmah Muztagh . These three mountain ranges form the western and central part of the main Karakoram ridge. In the south and north the Hispar Muztagh borders on the chains of the Lesser Karakoram: to the south of the western Hispar valley lie the Rakaposhi-Haramosh mountains , further east to the south of the Hispar glacier are the Spantik-Sosbun mountains . The Ghujerab Mountains are the northernmost chain of the Karakoram to the north of the Shimshal Valley .

Mountains of the Hispar Muztagh

The highest mountains of Hispar Muztagh:

rank	in the Karakoram	in Asia	Mountain / peak	height	Notch height in m	reference
1.	6th	19th	Distaghil Sar	7885  m	2525	K2
2.	7th	21st	Kunyang Chhish	7852  m	1765	Distaghil Sar
3.	11.	28.	Kanjut Sar	7760  m	1660	Kunyang Chhish
4th	16.	39.	Trivor	7577  m	997	Distaghil Sar
5.	18th	45.	Yukshin Gardan Sar	7530  m	1374	Kunyang Chhish
6th	22nd	53.	Pumari Chhish	7492  m	884	Kunyang Chhish
7th	35.	75.	Momhil Sar	7343  m	907	Trivor
8th.	36.	77.	Yutmaru Sar	7330  m	680	Yukshin Gardan Sar
9.	46.	101.	Malangutti Sar	7207  m	507	Distaghil Sar
10.	48.	106.	Lupghar Sar	7200  m	730	Momhil Sar
11.	53.	125.	Bularung Sar	7134  m	514	Trivor
12.	55.	132.	Kunyang Chhish North	7108  m	517	Kunyang Chhish
13.		261.	Kanjut Sar II	6831  m	1031	Kanjut Sar I
14th		275.	West Yukshin Gardan Sar (P. ~ 6820)	6820  m	578	Yukshin Gardan Sar

Web links

Commons : Hispar Muztagh  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hispar Muztagh on Peakbagger.com (English) (Link leads to the description of the Distaghil Sar, the data for the other mountains can easily be found via Radius Search .)
• J. Kalvoda, AS Goudie (): Landform evolution in the Nagar region, Hispar Mustagh Karakoram . In: AS Goudie, J. Kalvoda (Ed.): Geomorphological Variations . P3K Publishers, Prague 2007, pp. 87–126, preview of the first 9 pages with basic information on Hispar Muztagh. (PDF) p3k.cz; Retrieved March 8, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Height and notch height from the list of all mountains → 6750 meters. 8000ers.com; accessed November 13, 2009