Hispar Muztagh is a sub-range of the Karakoram mountain range. It is located in the

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of Gilgit-Baltistan,

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, north of Hispar Glacier, south of

Shimshal Shimshal (old name: Shingshal) ( ur, شمشال) is a village located in Gojal Tehsil of Hunza District, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. It lies at an altitude of above sea level and is the highest settlement in the district. It is ...

Valley, and east of the

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. It is the second highest sub-range of the Karakoram, the highest being 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 ...

. The highest mountain in the range is

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(7,885m/25,869 ft).

Selected peaks in the Hispar Muztagh

Note

# These are from th
Himalayan Index
which may not be completely accurate, as some climbs may not have been recorded in the climbing literature or indexed properly.

Sources

Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.

External links

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The Northern Kashmir WebSite
A labeled Google Earth image of Hispar Muztagh Range
Mountain ranges of the Karakoram Mountain ranges of Gilgit-Baltistan Hunza District {{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub