Gyong Kangri is a mountain peak located at above sea level, near the north end of the

Saltoro Mountains The Saltoro Mountains form a subrange within the Karakoram Range and are situated in the southeastern part of the Karakoram. They lie on the southwest side of the Siachen Glacier, which is one of the two longest glaciers in the world outside the ...

, a subrange of the

Karakoram The Karakoram () is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range is withi ...

range.

Location

Peak's west flank is drained by the Gyong Glacier, while the east flank lies in the Nubra river basin. On the opposite side of Gyong Glacier, in a west-southwest direction, rises the Gharkun , at a distance of 11 km. Gyong La Pass crossing is 4.3 km north of Gyong Kangri. Chumik Kangri ), which is also on the main ridge, is 11 km north-west of the peak. In the southern direction, the 14 km south-southeast,

La Yongma Ri La Yongma Ri s a mountain peak located at above sea level in the southern main ridge of the Saltoro Mountains, a sub-range of the Karakoram. The nearby mountain pass is called the Yarma La (6,100m). The Saltoro Mountains Range, of which western ...

forms the next higher elevation at the . The peak act as a marker for the

Actual Ground Position Line The Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) divides current positions of Indian and Pakistani military posts and troops along the entire long frontline in the disputed region of Siachen Glacier. AGPL generally runs along the Saltoro Mountains ran ...

in the Siachen Area of

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ...

. The prominence is .

Climbing history

No ascents of Gyong Kangri are documented.

References

Mountains of the Karakoram {{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub