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The Crown (mountain)

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Listing
  
Ultra

Easiest route
  
YDS Grade VI

First ascent
  
1993

Mountain range
  
Karakoram, Yengisogat

Location
  
Xinjiang, China

Elevation
  
7,295 m

Prominence
  
1,919 m

Parent ranges
  
Yengisogat, Karakoram

The Crown (mountain)

First ascenders
  
Masanori Nakashima, Hideki Sakai

Similar
  
Apsarasas Kangri, Mamostong Kangri, Yutmaru Sar, Skil Brum, Skyang Kangri

The Crown, also known as Huang Guan Shan and sometimes Crown Peak, is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in China. It is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Its summit has an elevation of 7,295 metres (23,934 ft) and it is the highest peak in the Yengisogat subrange of the Karakoram.

Map of Huang Guan Shan

The summit was first climbed in 1993 by a Japanese party of the Tōkai branch of the Japanese Alpine Club.

References

The Crown (mountain) Wikipedia