Mamostong Kangri or Mamostang Kangri,
surveyed as K35, is the highest peak in the remote
Rimo Muztagh, a subrange 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 ...
range in
Ladakh
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union territory of
India
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. It is located about 30 km east-southeast of the snout of the
Siachen Glacier
The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about , just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends. At long, it is the longest glacier in the Kara ...
. It is the
48th-highest independent peak in the world (using a 500m
prominence
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cutoff).
The South Chong Kumdan, Kichik Kumdan (
Thangman Kangri), Mamostong, and South Terong Glaciers all head on the slopes of Mamostong Kangri.
Mamostong Kangri has not seen a great deal of visitation due to its remote location and the unsettled political and military situation in the region. The first European exploration of the peak was in 1907 by Arthur Neve and D. G. Oliver. The first ascent was made in 1984 by an
Indo-
Japan
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ese expedition, via the Northeast Ridge, after a complicated approach. The summit party comprised N. Yamada, K. Yoshida, R. Sharma, P. Das, and H. Chauhan.
Th
Himalayan Indexlists four additional ascents of this peak; however, two of these listings may refer to the same climb.
Summary of ascents
See also
*
List of highest mountains
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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 h ...
References
Sources
* Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
* Jill Neate, ''High Asia: an illustrated history of the 7,000 metre peaks'', The Mountaineers, 1989.
Mountains of Ladakh
Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram
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