Diran ( ur, دیرن) is a
mountain
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in the
Karakoram range in
Nagar Valley
Nagar (Nagar) is a former princely state and one of the ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley is along the Karakoram Highway on the way north from the city of Gilgit. The valley is home to many high mountain peaks including Ra ...
and
Bagrot Valley
Bagrote Valley ( ur, وادی بگروٹ) is a valley in the Karakoram Mountain range in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. River Bagrote flows through the valley from the north towards the southwest of the valley, supplies water ...
Gilgit-Baltistan,
Pakistan
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. This pyramid shaped mountain lies to the east of
Rakaposhi
Rakaposhi ( ur, ) is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range of the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan.
Geography
Rakaposhi is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan, about north of the ...
(7,788m).
Diran is the most dangerous mountain in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
as its snow is the cause of many events resulting in hundreds of deaths.
Diran was first climbed in 1968 by three
Austria
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ns: Rainer Goeschl, Rudolph Pischinger and Hanns Schell. Earlier attempts by a
German
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expedition in 1959 and an Austrian expedition in 1964 were unsuccessful.
See also
*
List of mountains in Pakistan
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in ...
*
List of mountains by elevation
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Gallery
File:Diran .jpg,
File:Diran peak towards bagrote valley.jpg
File:Diran peak barcha glacier bagrote medow gilgit .jpg
File:P8050918 filled.jpg, Reflection of Diran (left, 7,266m) and Rakaposhi
Rakaposhi ( ur, ) is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range of the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan.
Geography
Rakaposhi is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan, about north of the ...
(right, 7,788m, peak not visible) from Tagafari base camp
File:Diran peak snow caped view of diran peak bagrote valley gilgit .jpg, snow caped diran peak bagrote valley gilgit
File:Diran peak bagrote valley gilgit .jpg, night view of diran peak bagrote valley gilgit
References
External links
EverestNews.com Diran page*http://pk.geoview.info/diran_peak_towering_above_bagrot_valley,21296863p
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Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram
Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan