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The Rimo Muztagh is one of the most remote subranges of the
Karakoram range
Range may refer to:
Geography
* Range (geographic), a chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra)
** Mountain range, a group of mountains bordered by lowlands
* Range, a term used to i ...
. The southern part of Rimo Muztagh is in the
Ladakh
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portion of far northwestern
India
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, also claimed by
Pakistan
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. The northern half, including the Rimo massif, is in the
Siachen
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
A glac ...
area (territory controlled by India). It is far from major towns, and close to the militarily sensitive Siachen Glacier, so it has seen little exploration or climbing activity compared to, for example, the nearby
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 ...
. The highest peak is
Mamostong Kangri, 7,516 metres (24,659 feet).
The Rimo Muztagh is bordered on the north by the
Rimo Glacier, which drains to the east into the upper
Shyok River
The Shyok River is a tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh and enters Gilgit–Baltistan, spanning some .
The Shyok River originates at the Rimo Glacier, one of the tongues of Siachen Glacier. Its alignment is very ...
, and by the
Teram Shehr Glacier, a tributary 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 Kar ...
. To the northeast lie the Northeast Rimo Mountains and the
Karakoram Pass
The Karakoram Pass () is a mountain pass between India and China in the Karakoram Range. It is the highest pass on the ancient caravan route between Leh in Ladakh and Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. 'Karakoram' literally means 'Black Gravel' ...
, a pass on one of the historically important
trade route
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s into
Central Asia
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. To the north lies the eastern end of the
Siachen Muztagh
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The Siachen Muztagh is a remote subrange of the eastern Karakoram Range. Close to 60% is in area controlled by China, 40% in area controlled by India. Pakistan claims the Indian-controlled portion as part of the Siachen Conflict. ...
. On the east side of the range, the upper Shyok River divides it from the
Depsang Plains
The Depsang Plains represent a high-altitude gravelly plain at the northwest portion of the disputed Aksai Chin region of Kashmir, divided into Indian and Chinese administered portions across a Line of Actual Control.
India controls the we ...
, part of the
Tibetan Plateau
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. On the southeast, the pass known as the
Sasser Pass (Saser La) separates the Rimo Muztagh from the
Saser Muztagh. The western border of the range is formed by the lower Siachen Glacier and its outflow, the
Nubra River
The Nubra River is a river in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh in India. It is a tributary of the Shyok River (a part of the Indus River system) and originates from the Siachen Glacier, the second-longest non-polar glacier in the world. In earlier Ti ...
. Across this boundary lie the
Saltoro Mountains
The Saltoro Mountains are a subrange of the Karakoram Range. They are located in the southeast Karakoram on the southwest side of the Siachen Glacier, one of the two longest glaciers outside the polar regions. The name given to this range is s ...
and the
Kailas Mountains.
Selected peaks of the Rimo Muztagh
The following is a table of the peaks in the Rimo Muztagh which are over 7,200 meters (23,622 feet) in elevation and have over 500 meters (1,524 feet) of
topographic prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
.
(This is a common criterion for peaks of this stature to be independent.)
Other peaks
Other notable peaks include the following:
* Chong Kumdang Ri I, 7,071 m
* Padmanabh / Terong Tower, 7,030 m
*
Skyampoche Ri I / Aq Tash I, 7,016 m
* Chong Kumdang Ri II, 7,004 m
External links
BlankonthemapThe Northern Kashmir WebSite
See also
*
Karakoram
*
List of highest mountains
Sources
* Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
* Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, ''Himalaya Alpine-Style'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.
Mountain ranges of India
Landforms of Jammu and Kashmir
Mountain ranges of the Karakoram
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