Kanjut Sar (), or Kunjudh Sar as pronounced in
Wakhi, is a
mountain
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located in the
Shimshal Valley, part of the
Karakoram
The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the ...
mountain range
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. The name ''Kunjudh Sar'' in Wakhi means "that which overlooks Kunjudh", or "above Kunjudh", while Khujudh is the Wakhi name for Central
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* Hunza, Iran
* Hunza Valley, an area in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan
** Hunza (princely state), a former principality
** Hunza District, a recently established district
** Hunza River, a waterway
** Hunza Peak, a mou ...
. It is the
28th-highest mountain on Earth and the
11th-highest in Pakistan. According to many residents of Shimshal, Kanjut Sar is the name of the adjacent peak Yukshin Gardan Sar, and vice versa. In Shimshal village, the original namings are widely accepted and used, as opposed to what is recognised internationally.
Kanjut Sar consists of two peaks:
* Kanjut Sar I at .
* Kanjut Sar II, to the southeast of I, at .
Kanjut Sar I was first climbed in 1959 by Camillo Pellissier, member of an
Italian
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expedition directed by
Guido Monzino
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. Between 4 and 6 August 1981, seven Japanese climbers of the same expedition climbed to the top. In 2010, a Russian–American expedition attempted to climb on the Eastern Ridge of Kanjut Sar and reached 7450 m, but turned back in bad weather.
The first ascent of Kanjut Sar II was achieved by a Swiss team in 1985.
Expedition leader Toni Spirig, Ueli Stahel and Richie Ott finally carried it out in alpine style after several attempts . The climbers reached the summit on July 10.
Toni Spirig: ''Kanjut Sar II.'' In: American Alpine Journal 1986, S. 282. (AAJO)
retrieved 17 November 2012. The ascent route led over the north-west side.
On July 29, 1990, a Dutch expedition made the second ascent of Kanjut Sar II in alpine style via the south face.
See also
* Highest mountains of the world
* List of Ultras of the Karakoram and Hindu Kush
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in the Karakoram, Hindu Kush and neighbouring ranges. The list includes 4 of the 14 8000m summits, all in the Karakoram, including the second hi ...
* 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 ...
References
External links
Northern Pakistan - highly detailed placemarks of towns, villages, peaks, glaciers, rivers and minor tributaries in Google Earth
Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram
Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan
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