__NOTOC__ The Saser Muztagh is the easternmost 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 ...

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, in the

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...

region of

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. It is bounded on the south, east and northeast by the

Shyok River The Shyok River (sometimes spelled Shayok) is a major tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh in India and into Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. Originating from the Central Rimo Glacier in the eastern Karakoram, it runs f ...

, which bends sharply around the southeast corner of the range. On the west it is separated from the neighboring Kailas Mountains by the Nubra River, while the Sasser Pass (Saser La) marks the boundary between this range and the Rimo Muztagh to the north. The Ladakh Range stands to the south of the Saser Muztagh, across the Shyok River. Early European exploration and surveying of this range occurred between 1850 and 1900. In 1909 famed explorer T. G. Longstaff, Arthur Neve, and A. M. Slingsby explored the Nubra Valley and scouted approaches to the main Saser Kangri massif. However the main peaks were not climbed until the 1970s. Since this region is near the disputed border between

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and

, there is currently little climbing and exploratory activity in the range, except for occasional forays by the Indian military.

Glaciers

Notable

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s of the Saser Muztagh include the North and South Shukpa Kunchang Glaciers, the Sakang Glacier, and the Chamshen Glacier.

Selected peaks

The following is a table of the peaks in the Saser Muztagh which are over in elevation and have over of

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. (This is a common criterion for peaks of this stature to be independent.) Note that they are all in the Saser Kangri group. The highest peak in the range outside of this group is Argan Kangri, 6,789 metres (22,274 ft), in the Arganglas group in the southern part of the range.

References

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External links

Maps of Ladakh
Bame Duniya blogspot, 19 March 2013

( French)
NASA image taken from the International Space Station, which was initially misidentified as Everest
Mountain ranges of India Landforms of Jammu and Kashmir Mountain ranges of the Karakoram {{JammuKashmir-geo-stub

Glaciers

Selected peaks

See also

References

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