The Spantik-Sosbun Mountains are a sub range 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 ...
in
Gilgit-Baltistan,
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 ...
.
Geography
The highest peak is
Spantik
Spantik (Balti Language) or Golden Peak is a mountain in Spantik-Sosbun Mountains subrange of Karakoram in Hispar Valley of Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Its northwest face features an exceptionally hard climbing route ...
, .
The other namesake peak is
Sosbun Brakk, .
[Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.]
The Spantik-Sosbun Mountains are a narrow range, about long, trending roughly east–west. On the north, the range is bounded by the important
Hispar
The Hispar Valley or Hispar (Urdu.وادی ہسپر) is the last Valley of Nagar Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The valley is located two kilometers below the snout of the 49 kilometer-long Hispar Glacier. It is about 28 ...
and
Biafo Glaciers, across which lie the
Hispar Muztagh and
Panmah Muztagh
The Panmah Muztagh is a subrange of the Karakoram range, in Shigar, a district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Geography
Panmah Muztagh highest peaks are not particularly high by Karakoram standards, but they are exceedingly steep rock spires ...
respectively. On the southwest, the Barpu Glacier and the longer
Chogo Lungma Glacier separate the range from the
Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains; the pass known as the Polan La, separates the Barpu from the Chogo Lungma, and links the two ranges. On the southeast, the
Braldu River
The Braldu River (; ur, ) flows in the Skardu District of Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan. The Braldu River joins the Basha Basna River, and together they form the Shigar River, which is a tributary of the Indus River.
Geography
The Braldu Rive ...
separates the range from the somewhat lower
Mango Gusor Mountains.
See also
*
Mountain ranges of Pakistan
Pakistan is home to many mountains above . Five of the world's fourteen mountains taller than ("eight-thousanders") are in Pakistan, four of which are near Concordia.
Most of Pakistan's high peaks are located in the Karakoram range, the hig ...
References
Mountain ranges of Gilgit-Baltistan
Mountain ranges of the Karakoram
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