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Kanjut Sar

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Listing
  
Ultra

Elevation
  
7,760 m

Prominence
  
1,660 m

Mountain range
  
Karakoram, Hispar Muztagh

Easiest route
  
snow/ice climb

First ascent
  
1959

First ascender
  
Camillo Pellissier

Parent ranges
  
Hispar Muztagh, Karakoram

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Location
  
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Similar
  
Batura Sar, Skyang Kangri, Malubiting, Saltoro Kangri, Gasherbrum III

Kanjut Sar or Kunjudh Sar as pronounced in "Wakhi" is a mountain located in the Hispar Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. Kunjudh Sar in wakhi language mean that which overlooks Kunjudh, or above Kunjudh, while Khujudh is the wakhi name for Lower Hunza. It is the 26th highest mountain on Earth and the 11th highest in Pakistan.

Map of Kanjut Sar I

Kanjut Sar consists of two peaks:

  • Kanjut Sar I at 7,760 metres (25,459 ft).
  • Kanjut Sar II, to the south east of I, at 6,831 m (22,411 ft).

    • Kanjut Sar I was first climbed in 1959 by Camillo Pellissier, member of an Italian expedition directed by Guido Monzino. Between 1981, August 4 and 6, 7 Japanese climbers of the same expedition climbed to the top. In 2010 Russian-American expedition attempted to climb on the Eastern Ridge of Kanjut Sar and reached 7450 m, turning in bad weather.

    References

    Kanjut Sar Wikipedia
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