Nun-kun massif
| Nun-kun massif | ||
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 Nun-Kun-Massif (from the south), Kun (left) and Nun (right) |
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| Highest peak | Well ( 7135 m ) | |
| location | Jammu and Kashmir , Ladakh ( India ) | |
| part of | Himalayas | |
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 59 ′ N , 76 ° 1 ′ E | |
The Nun-Kun mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh , India , includes the neighboring Himalayan peaks Nun , 7135 m , and Kun , 7077 m .
The Nun is the highest peak in the mountain range, which is on the Indian side of the control line in Jammu and Kashmir (but there are higher peaks in the Indian part of the Karakoram ). The massif is located near the Suru Valley, around 100 km east of Srinagar , the capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Kun lies north of the Nun and is separated from it by a snow-covered plateau about 4 km in length. At 6930 m, Pinnacle Peak is the third highest peak in the group. Because of a notch height of 456 m, it counts as a secondary summit of the Kun.
Ascent history
The massif was first explored by Arthur Neve in 1898 and 1902, 1904 and 1910. In 1903 the Dutch mountaineer H. Sillem explored the massif and discovered the high plateau between the two peaks; He came on the Nun to 6400 m . In 1906 the explorers William Hunter Workman and Fanny Bullock Workman succeeded in the first ascent of the 6930 m high Pinnacle Peak. With this ascent, Fanny Bullock achieved a world record for female mountaineers. However, she came into competition with the mountaineer Annie Smith Peck , who climbed the Peruvian Huascarán with allegedly 7300 m for the first time. However, it later turned out that Peck had measured himself by 600 meters because of a snow storm.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The Karakoram, Pakistan Himalaya and India Himalaya (north of Nepal), 68 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater (English)
- ↑ In the Himalayas, heights of at least 500 m are usually required so that a mountain is not viewed as a secondary peak. The Pinnacle Peak lacks 44 m for independence.