Gasherbrum III

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Gasherbrum III
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Highest point
Elevation Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). [1][2]
Prominence Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). [1]
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Geography
Parent range Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent 1975 by a Polish team
Easiest route snow/ice climb

Gasherbrum III (Urdu: گاشر برم -3‎; simplified Chinese: 加舒尔布鲁木III峰; traditional Chinese: 加舒爾布魯木III峰; pinyin: Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù III Fēng) is a summit in the Gasherbrum massif of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram on the border between Xinjiang, China and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.[3] It is situated between Gasherbrum II and IV.

Gasherbrum III fails to meet a 500-metre topographic prominence cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.[4]

Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the world[5] up to its first ascent in 1975, by Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, members of a Polish expedition.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 This region is also claimed by India. This massif is under the control of Pakistan; it lies just north of the Line of Control.
  4. ↑ Some sources use a lower cutoff value, and consider Gasherbrum III to be independent.
  5. ↑ In fact no summit in 1975 was both higher and more topographically prominent.


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