Peak Kashkar
| Peak Kashkar | ||
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| height | 6435 m | |
| location | Circle wensu county in the administrative district of Aksu in Xinjiang ( China ) | |
| Mountains | Tian Shan | |
| Dominance | 16.31 km → southern pre-summit P6651 of the Dschengisch Tschokusu (eastern summit) | |
| Notch height | 1535 m ↓ ( 4900 m ) | |
| Coordinates | 41 ° 53 '9 " N , 80 ° 8' 3" E | |
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The Pik Kaschkar ( Russian Пик Кашка , also Кошкар or Кочкар-баши) is a mountain in the Chinese part of the Tian Shan not far from the border with Kyrgyzstan .
location
The 6,435 m high Kaschkar peak is 16.6 km south of the Dschengisch Tschokusu ( Pobeda peak ) in the Kakschaaltoo mountain range . The Pik Kaschkar forms an independent massif. A 4900 m high saddle forms the reference saddle to the 7439 m high Dschengisch Tschokusu. The southwest flank of the glaciated Pik Kaschkar is drained via the Temirsu glacier . The glaciers on the northeast and east flanks flow towards the western Tschong-Terek glacier .
Web links
- Temirsu, China on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Photos and information (Russian) at mountain.ru
- Mountain panorama with Pik Kaschkar at climbingguidebg.com