Karun Koh

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Karun Koh
height 6977  m
location Gilgit-Baltistan ( Pakistan )
Mountains Ghujerab Mountains ( Karakoram )
Dominance 28.06 km →  Malangutti Sar
Notch height 2232 m ↓  Shimshal Pass ( 4745  m )
Coordinates 36 ° 36 '42 "  N , 75 ° 4' 51"  E Coordinates: 36 ° 36 '42 "  N , 75 ° 4' 51"  E
Karun Koh (Karakoram)
Karun Koh
First ascent July 31, 1984 by Harry Grün, Walter Krampf, Heinz Zimmermann
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The Karun Koh (also Karun Kuh ) is a mountain in the northern Karakoram in the Pakistani special territory of Gilgit-Baltistan .

The Karun Koh forms with a height of 6977  m (according to other sources 7164  m or 7350  m ) the highest point of the Ghujerab Mountains . The Unak glacier has its origin on its northwest slope . Karun Koh was first climbed in 1984 via the west shoulder and the south-west ridge.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alpine Club Library - Himalayan Index
  2. ^ The American Alpine Journal 1985: Karun Koh, First Ascent. (PDF)