The Panmah Muztagh is 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 ...

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, 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 popular ...

, a district of

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Geography

Panmah Muztagh highest peaks are not particularly high by Karakoram standards, but they are exceedingly steep

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s, 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 __NOTOC__ 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.''

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'', 2001, p. 365 Both groups lie on the north side of the long

Biafo Glacier The Biafo Glacier ( ur, ) is a -long glacier situated in the Karakoram mountain range in Shigar district, Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan. Geography Biafo Glacier meets the -long Hispar Glacier at an altitude of at Hispar La to create the worl ...

. 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 Hispar Muztagh is a sub-range of the Karakoram mountain range. It is located in the Nagar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, north of Hispar Glacier, south of Shimshal Valley, and east of the Hunza Valley. It is the second highest sub-ran ...

. On the southwest, it is separated from the

Spantik-Sosbun Mountains The Spantik-Sosbun Mountains are a sub range of the Karakoram range in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Geography The highest peak is Spantik, . The other namesake peak is Sosbun Brakk, .Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Sw ...

by the

. The Skamri Glacier and the Braldu Glacier separate it from the

Wesm Mountains The Yengisogat range (), also known as the Wesm Mountains, is a Chinese subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. It lies north of the Baltoro Muztagh, home of the eight-thousanders The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA ...

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

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