Panmah Muztagh
| Panmah Muztagh | ||
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 Latok Group (center left) and the Baintha Brakk (far left) |
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| Highest peak | Baintha Brakk ( 7285 m ) | |
| location | Pakistan ( Gilgit-Baltistan ) / China ( Shaksgam Valley ) | |
| part of | Karakoram | |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 57 ′ N , 75 ° 45 ′ E | |
| Type | Fold Mountains | |
The Panmah Muztagh is part of the Karakoram Mountains. The larger part is in Baltistan , a district of the autonomous region of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan . The border between Pakistan and China runs across the eastern part of the mountain range.
location
The Panmah Muztagh is located in the heart of the Karakoram, northwest of the Baltoro Muztagh (the area of the eight-thousanders of the Karakoram), and southeast of the Hispar Muztagh . The main chain extends from the Western Muztagh Pass in the southeast to the north and then turns west and runs to the Khurdopin Pass in the west. The mountains of the Ogre and Latok groups are in front of the main chain in the southwest . In the southwest they are separated from the Spantik-Sosbun Mountains by the Biafogletscher . To the north, the Skamrigletscher and the Bralduletscher separate the Panmah Muztagh from the Wesm Mountains . The Nobande-Sobande Glacier to the north and the south-west location Choktoigletscher within the mountain range. They unite to form the Panmah Glacier . The Chiring Glacier flows from the Western Mustagh Pass to the Nobande Sobande / Panmah Glacier and represents the border between Panmah and Baltoro Muztagh.
Mountains and peaks of Panmah Muztagh
The highest mountains of the chain are not particularly high compared to other parts of the Karakoram, but are characterized by unusual cliff peaks compared to the peaks in the surrounding areas. The highest mountain of Panmah Muztagh, the 7,285 meter high Baintha Brakk (Ogre), is considered one of the most difficult mountains in the world and has only been climbed twice. The mountains of the nearby Latok group are of similar difficulty. Both groups lie on the northeast side of the long Biafo Glacier .
Karpogo Sar and Changtok Sar, two other high mountains of the Panmah Muztagh, lie within the main chain, north of the Chiring Glacier.
| mountain | height | Notch height | reference | First ascent | Ascents |
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| Baintha Brakk (Ogre) | 7285 m | 1891 m | Distaghil Sar | 07/13/1977 | 2 |
| Latok I | 7145 m | 1495 m | Baintha Brakk | 07/19/1979 | 1 |
| Karpogo Sar I (Kezhen) | 7038 m | 1578 m | Huang Guan Shan | 07/19/1994 | |
| Changtok Sar I | 6972 m | 702 m | Karpogo Sar I | 07/24/1994 | |
| Baintha Brakk II (Ogre II) | 6960 m | 1180 m | Ogre | 07/16/1983 | |
| Latok III | 6949 m | 699 m | Latok I | 07/15/1979 |
The 7108 meter high Latok II is listed as a secondary peak of the Latok I because of a notch height of 428 meters.
Web links
- Kenneth Hewitt: Tributary glacier surges: an exceptional concentration at Panmah Glacier, Karakoram Himalaya. In: Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 53, No. 181, 2007 pp. 181-188 at www.igsoc.orc (accessed March 9, 2010).
Individual evidence
- ^ Jerzy Wala, Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram , Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
- ↑ a b Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, Himalaya Alpine-Style , Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, ISBN 0-340-64931-3 .
- ↑ American Alpine Journal , 2001, p. 365