Spantik Sosbun Mountains

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Spantik Sosbun Mountains
The eastern part of the mountains;  the Biafotal is on the left

The eastern part of the mountains; the Biafotal is on the left

Highest peak Spantik ( 7027  m )
location Gilgit-Baltistan ( Pakistan )
part of Karakoram
Spantik Sosbun Mountains (Pakistan)
Spantik Sosbun Mountains
Coordinates 36 ° 3 '  N , 74 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 3 '  N , 74 ° 57'  E
Type Fold Mountains
Spantik (center) from the west from the Hunza valley

Spantik (center) from the west from the Hunza valley

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The Spantik-Sosbun Mountains are a mountain range of the Karakoram in the Gilgit-Baltistan autonomous region in Pakistan .

They belong to the so-called "Little Karakoram" and are located on the other side of large glaciers south of the Karakoram main chain. The highest mountain is the Spantik with 7027  m and the other namesake of the mountain group is the Sosbun Brakk with 6413  m .

The Spantik-Sosbun Mountains form a narrow mountain range that is approximately 120 km long and runs approximately in an east-west direction. In the north, the mountain range borders on the Hispar and Biafoglaciers , on the north and east sides of which the Hispar Muztagh and the Panmah Muztagh rise. In the southwest, the Barpu Glacier (outflow to the west) and the long Chogolungma Glacier (outflow to the east) separate the Spantik-Sosbun Mountains from the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains . The Polan La , a saddle with a peak height of 5840  m , separates the Barpu from the Chogolungma glacier. It is the lowest notch in the connecting ridge of the Spantik and Malubiting mountains . In the southeast of the river separates Braldu as outflow of Baltoro- , Panmah- and Biafo Glacier the Spantik-Sosbun Mountains from the mango Gusor group , the western foothills of the Masherbrum Mountains .

Web links

Commons : Spantik-Sosbun-Berge  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Jerzy Wala, Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram , Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.