Easiest route snow/ice climb First ascent 11 August 1975 Mountain range Karakoram | Elevation 7,952 m Prominence 461 m Parent range Karakoram | |
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First ascenders Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Wanda Rutkiewicz Similar Gasherbrum IV, Batura Sar, Kanjut Sar, Batura Muztagh, Saltoro Kangri | ||
Gasherbrum III (Urdu: گاشر برم -3; simplified Chinese: 加舒尔布鲁木III峰; traditional Chinese: 加舒爾布魯木III峰; pinyin: Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù III Fēng) is a summit in the Gasherbrum massif of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram on the border between Xinjiang, China and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is situated between Gasherbrum II and IV.
Map of Gasherbrum III
Gasherbrum III fails to meet a 500-metre topographic prominence cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.
Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the world up to its first ascent in 1975, by Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, members of a Polish expedition.
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