The Panmah Muztagh is a subrange of the
Karakoram range, in
Shigar
Shigar () is the headquarter of its namesake district and tehsil in the Baltistan division of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan. It is located at the bank of Shigar River in the most remote and dramatic part of the region. It is a popula ...
, a district of
Gilgit-Baltistan,
Pakistan
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.
Geography
Panmah Muztagh highest peaks are not particularly high by Karakoram standards, but they are exceedingly steep
rock spires, unlike many of the peaks in the surrounding subranges.
[Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, ''Himalaya Alpine-Style'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, .] In particular, the highest of the Panmah peaks,
Baintha Brakk (The Ogre) (7,285 m/23,901 feet), is a very difficult climb; it has seen only three ascents. The nearby
Latok
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The Latok ( ur, ) group is a small cluster of dramatic rock peaks in the Panmah Muztagh, part of the central Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan. They lie just to the east of the Ogre group, dominated by Baintha Brakk. To the immedi ...
group is of similar difficulty.
['']American Alpine Journal
The ''American Alpine Journal'' is an annual magazine published by the American Alpine Club. Its mission is "to document and communicate mountain exploration." The headquarters is in Golden, Colorado.
Subtitled as a compilation of "The World's M ...
'', 2001, p. 365 Both groups lie on the north side of the long
Biafo Glacier.
The Panmah Muztagh lies in the heart of the Karakoram, northwest of the
Baltoro Muztagh Baltoro may refer to:
*Baltoro Glacier, a glacier in the Karakoram mountain range northern Pakistan. ''Baltoro'' as single expression without adjunct usually refers to this glacier.
* Baltoro Muztagh, a mountain range in the Karakoram mountain rang ...
(home of the
eight thousand meter peaks of the Karakoram), and southeast of the
Hispar Muztagh. On the southwest, it is separated from the
Spantik-Sosbun Mountains by the
Biafo Glacier. The Skamri Glacier and the Braldu Glacier separate it from the
Wesm Mountains to the north. The Panmah, Nobande Sobande, Choktoi, and Chiring Glaciers lie within the range.
[Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.]
Notable peaks of the Panmah Muztagh
References
Mountain ranges of Gilgit-Baltistan
Baltistan
Mountain ranges of the Karakoram
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