Hunza Peak () lies in the westernmost subrange of the
Karakoram
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range
Range may refer to:
Geography
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in
Pakistan
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, along with the
Ladyfinger Peak (Bublimating).
It lies on the southwest ridge of the
Ultar Sar massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh. The whole massif rises precipitously above the
Hunza Valley
The Hunza Valley (; ) is a mountainous valley located in the northern region of the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Geography
The valley stretches along the Hunza River and shares borders with Ishkoman Valley, Ishkoman to the northwest, Shigar Val ...
to the southeast.
This peak has at least two known routes, both climbed in 1991. Both routes were done in alpine style, the first by a Swedish expedition and the second by a British team, which included
Caradog Jones and
Mick Fowler
Michael Fowler (born 1956) is a British rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer and climbing author. He is internationally noted for his alpine climbing and was awarded the Piolet d'Or three times, with Paul Ramsden (climber), Paul Ramsden, in 2 ...
.
While nearby Ladyfinger Peak has little
prominence
In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...
above the saddle with Hunza Peak, it is a sharp, relatively snowless
rock spire among the peaks around it.
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See also
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Hunza
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List of Mountains in Pakistan
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in ...
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Highest Mountains of the World
Notes
# These coordinates are the coordinates of the
Bublimating peak.
References
Six-thousanders of the Karakoram
Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan
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