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The Rimo Muztagh is one of the most remote subranges of the
Karakoram
The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the ...
range. The southern part of Rimo Muztagh is in the
Ladakh portion of far northwestern
India, also claimed by
Pakistan. The northern half, including the Rimo massif, is in the
Siachen area (territory controlled by India). It is far from major towns, and close to the militarily sensitive Siachen Glacier, so it has seen little exploration or climbing activity compared to, for example, the nearby
Baltoro Muztagh. The highest peak is
Mamostong Kangri
Mamostong Kangri or Mamostang Kangri, surveyed as K35, is the highest peak in the remote Rimo Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range in Ladakh union territory of India. It is located about 30 km east-southeast of the snout of the Siac ...
, 7,516 metres (24,659 feet).
The Rimo Muztagh is bordered on the north by the
Rimo Glacier, which drains to the east into the upper
Shyok River, and by the
Teram Shehr Glacier, a tributary of the
Siachen Glacier. To the northeast lie the Northeast Rimo Mountains and the
Karakoram Pass, a pass on one of the historically important
trade routes into
Central Asia. To the north lies the eastern end of the
Siachen Muztagh. On the east side of the range, the upper Shyok River divides it from the
Depsang Plains, part of the
Tibetan Plateau. On the southeast, the pass known as the
Sasser Pass (Saser La) separates the Rimo Muztagh from the
Saser Muztagh
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The Saser Muztagh is the easternmost subrange of the Karakoram range, in the Ladakh region of India. It is bounded on the south, east and northeast by the Shyok River, which bends sharply around the southeast corner of the range. On th ...
. The western border of the range is formed by the lower Siachen Glacier and its outflow, the
Nubra River. Across this boundary lie the
Saltoro Mountains and the
Kailas Mountains
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; sa, कैलास, ), is a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It has an altitude of ...
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Selected peaks of the Rimo Muztagh
The following is a table of the peaks in the Rimo Muztagh which are over 7,200 meters (23,622 feet) in elevation and have over 500 meters (1,524 feet) of
topographic prominence.
(This is a common criterion for peaks of this stature to be independent.)
Other peaks
Other notable peaks include the following:
* Chong Kumdang Ri I, 7,071 m
* Padmanabh / Terong Tower, 7,030 m
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Skyampoche Ri
Skyampoche Ri (also known as ''Aq Tash'') is a mountain peak located at above sea level in the eastern part of the Karakoram.
Location
The peak is located in the North-east of Sasoma settlement in Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administ ...
I / Aq Tash I, 7,016 m
* Chong Kumdang Ri II, 7,004 m
External links
BlankonthemapThe Northern Kashmir WebSite
See also
*
Karakoram
The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the ...
*
List of highest mountains
Currently, There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of or greater above sea level. The vast majority of these mountains are located on the edge of the Indian plate, Indian and Eurasian plate, Eurasian plates in China, India, ...
Sources
* Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
* Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, ''Himalaya Alpine-Style'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.
Mountain ranges of India
Landforms of Jammu and Kashmir
Mountain ranges of the Karakoram
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