Ghent Kangri

Ghent Kangri
Mount Ghent
Ghent Kangri
Saltoro Ridge, Siachen, near the Actual Ground Position Line (the line between the Indian and Pakistani controlled territories)[1][2][3]
Ghent Kangri
Ghent Kangri (Gilgit Baltistan)
Ghent Kangri
Ghent Kangri (Ladakh)
30km
19miles
Pakistan
India
China
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The major peaks in Karakoram are rank identified by height.
Highest point
Elevation7,401 m (24,281 ft)
Ranked 69th
Prominence1,493 m (4,898 ft)
Coordinates35°31′39″N 76°48′39″E / 35.52750°N 76.81083°E / 35.52750; 76.81083
Geography
LocationSaltoro Ridge, Siachen, near the Actual Ground Position Line (the line between the Indian and Pakistani controlled territories)[1][2][3]
Parent rangeSaltoro Mountains, Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent1961 by Wolfgang Axt (Austrian)
Easiest routeWest Ridge: glacier/snow climb
Ghent Kangri
Simplified Chinese根特崗日峰
Transcriptions

Ghent Kangri (or Mount Ghent, Ghaint I) is a high peak near the north end of the Saltoro Mountains, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It is located west of the Siachen Glacier near the Actual Ground Position Line between India and Pakistan.

Ghent Kangri was first climbed on 4 June 1961, by Wolfgang Axt, a member of an Austrian expedition led by Erich Waschak, via the West Ridge. He climbed solo above the high camp.

According to the Himalayan Index Archived 17 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, there have been three subsequent ascents of the peak, in 1977, 1980, and 1984.

See also

Near the AGPL (Actual Ground Position Line)
Borders
Conflicts
Operations
Other related topics

Sources

  • Neate, Jill (1989). High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks. Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 0-89886-238-8.
  • Jerzy Wala, Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, 1990.

References

  1. ^ The Future of Kashmir on the BBC website.
  2. ^ Peak Ghent Kangri, Diskit Nubra, Leh District, Ladakh, India, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Ghent Kangri, Pakistan/India". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.