Huang Guan Shan
| Huang Guan Shan | ||
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 Huang Guan Shan in front left, above K2 as well as Broad Peak and Gasherbrum group |
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| height | 7295 m | |
| location | Xinjiang ( People's Republic of China ) | |
| Mountains | Wesm Mountains ( Karakoram ) | |
| Dominance | 27.09 km → Chongtar Kangri | |
| Notch height | 1919 m | |
| Coordinates | 36 ° 6 '24 " N , 76 ° 12' 21" E | |
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| First ascent | July 22, 1993 by Akito Yamasaki, Yasuyuki Aritomi, Kazuo Tokushima | |
The Huang Guan Shan ( Chinese 皇冠 山 , Pinyin Huáng Guān Shān - "Kaiserkronenberg"; also The Crown , English for "the crown") is a 7295 m high mountain in the central Karakoram in the autonomous region of Xinjiang ( People's Republic of China ).
location
It is the highest point of the Wesm Mountains (also Yengisogat ).
Ascent history
The first ascent was made in 1993 by a Japanese expedition over the east face. On July 22nd, Akito Yamasaki, Yasuyuki Aritomi and Kazuo Tokushima reached the summit. They were followed on July 27 by Hideki Sakai, Tetsuya Abe, Mikio Suzuki and Kunihito Nakagawa. On July 28th, Masato Kameda, Masanori Nakashima, Hitoshi Miyasaka and Shinya Sasamori were at the summit and on July 29th Masanori Natsume, Kiyoshi Matsuoka and Tetsuya Hasegawa.
Web links
- The Crown, China on Peakbagger.com (English)
- himalaya-info.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ summitpost.org
- ↑ a b Kazuo Tokushima: Asia, Chinese Karakoram, The Crown (Huang Guan Feng) . American Alpine Journal, 1994, vol. 36.