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Karakoram
The Karakoram, or Karakorum , is a large mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, India and China, located in the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan , Ladakh , and Xinjiang region,...
mountains in Northern Areas, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is the last settlement before the wilderness of the Karakoram
Karakoram
The Karakoram, or Karakorum , is a large mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, India and China, located in the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan , Ladakh , and Xinjiang region,...
. Askole is the gateway to four of the world's fourteen highest peaks known as Eight-thousander
Eight-thousander
The eight-thousanders are the fourteen independent mountains on Earth that are more than high above sea level. They are all located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia....
s (above 8,000m). Askole is located at 35°41′N 75°49'E.
Expeditions to the following peaks are launched from Askole:
- K2K2K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest...
, 2nd highest of the world at 8611m - Gasherbrum IGasherbrum IGasherbrum I , also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the 11th highest peak on Earth, located on the Pakistan-China border in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and Xinjiang region of China. Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya...
, 11th highest of the world at 8,080m. - Broad PeakBroad PeakBroad Peak , is the 12th highest mountain on Earth, with an elevation of 8,051 meters . The literal translation of "Broad Peak" to Faichan Kangri is not accepted among the Balti people.- Geography :...
, 12th highest of the world at 8,047m. - Gasherbrum IIGasherbrum IIGasherbrum II , also known as K4, is the 13th highest mountain on Earth, located on the border of Gilgit-Baltistan province, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China...
, 13th highest of the world at 8,035m. - Gasherbrum IIIGasherbrum IIIGasherbrum III is a summit in the Gasherbrum massif of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram on the border between Northern Areas of Pakistan and Xinjiang, China, in the region of Baltistan...
, 7,946m. (Often regarded as a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.) - Gasherbrum IVGasherbrum IVGasherbrum IV is the 17th highest mountain on Earth and the 6th highest in Pakistan. It is one of the peaks in the Gasherbrum massif.The Gasherbrums are a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya. The massif contains three...
, 17th highest of the world at 7,932m. - MasherbrumMasherbrumMasherbrum is located in the Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan. At it is the 22nd highest mountain in the world and the 9th highest in Pakistan. It was the first scaled and mapped peak in the Karakoram mountain range, hence its name....
(K1), 22nd highest of the world at 7,821m. - ChogolisaChogolisaChogolisa is a mountain in the Karakoram region of Pakistan. It lies near the Baltoro Glacier in the Concordia region which is home to some of the highest peaks of the world. Chogolisa has several peaks, the highest on the SW face rises to...
, 36th highest of the world at 7,665m. - Muztagh TowerMuztagh TowerMuztagh Tower , is a mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh, part of the Karakoram range on the border of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and the Xinjiang Uygur region of China...
, 7,273m. - Snow Dome, 7,160m.
- BiarchediBiarchediBiarchedi Peak is a mountain peak on the south of the Baltoro Glacier. In its southwest is Masherbrum and in its east is the Mitre Peak . In its northeast is the Biarchedi Glacier that flows north into the Baltoro Glacier.- External links :...
, 6,781m - Trango TowersTrango TowersThe Trango Towers are a group of dramatic granite spires located on the north side of the Baltoro Glacier, in Baltistan, a district of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan . They are part of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and...
, 6,363m, the highest cliffs of the world. - Mitre PeakMitre Peak (Pakistan)Mitre Peak is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range near Concordia in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.-External links:*...
, 6,010m.