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Highest point; Elevation: 7,428 m (24,370 ft) [1] [2] Ranked 61st: Prominence: 1,978 m (6,490 ft) [2] Listing: Ultra: Coordinates: 2]: Geography; Location: Saltoro Ridge, Siachen, Actual Ground Position Line: Parent range: Saltoro Mountains, Karakoram: Climbing; First ascent: 1974 by Shinichi Takagi, Tsutomu Ito (Japanese): Easiest route: snow/ice climb: K12 is the second highest peak in the ...
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Karakoram's highest and the world's second-highest peak, the K2, is located in Gilgit-Baltistan. The mountain range begins in the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan in the west, encompasses the majority of Gilgit-Baltistan, controlled by Pakistan and then extends into Ladakh , controlled by India and Aksai Chin , controlled by China.
High on K2: Seracs above the Bottleneck The Bottleneck is a location along the South-East Spur (also known as Abruzzi Spur ), the most-used route to the summit of K2 , the second-highest mountain in the world, in the Karakoram , on the border of Pakistan and China .
Central Asia physical map. The Mountains of Central Asia are a biodiversity hot spot designated by Conservation International which covers several montane and alpine ecoregions of Central Asia, including those of the Pamir and Tian Shan ranges, and extending across portions of Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Karakoram range in China, Pakistan and India.
Baintha Brakk is exceptional in its combination of altitude, height above local terrain, and steepness. It is a complex granite tower, steeper and rockier than most other Karakoram peaks. (The Latok peaks next to Baintha Brakk are similar, however.) For example, its South Face rises over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above the Uzun Brakk Glacier in only 2 ...
The Central Karakoram National Park is the highest national park in the world and the largest protected area in Pakistan. [2] It covers about 10,557 km 2 (4,100 sq mi) in the Central Karakoram mountain range.