Apsarasas Kangri

Apsarasas Kangri
Apsarasas Kangri is located in Karakoram
Apsarasas Kangri
Apsarasas Kangri
Ladakh, India,
Xinjiang, China
Apsarasas Kangri is located in Southern Xinjiang
Apsarasas Kangri
Apsarasas Kangri
Apsarasas Kangri (Southern Xinjiang)
Apsarasas Kangri is located in Ladakh
Apsarasas Kangri
Apsarasas Kangri
Apsarasas Kangri (Ladakh)
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45km
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Pakistan
India
China
Gasherbrum V
48
Gasherbrum V
Rimo III
Rimo III
Apsarasas Kangri I
Apsarasas Kangri I
Diran
Diran
Muztagh Tower
Muztagh Tower
K6
K6
Yutmaru Sar
Yutmaru Sar
Baintha Brakk
Baintha Brakk
Crown Peak
Crown Peak
Baltoro Kangri
Baltoro Kangri
Yazghil Dome South
Yazghil Dome South
Sherpi Kangri
Sherpi Kangri
Rimo I, Rimo massif
Rimo I, Rimo massif
Ultar, Ultar Peak, Ultar Sar
Ultar, Ultar Peak, Ultar Sar
Ghent Kangri
Ghent Kangri
Haramosh Peak
Haramosh Peak
Skil Brum
Skil Brum
Momhil Sar
Momhil Sar
Sia Kangri
Sia Kangri
K12
K12
Malubiting
Malubiting
Teram Kangri I
Teram Kangri I
Yukshin Gardan Sar
Yukshin Gardan Sar
Passu Sar
Passu Sar
Pumari Chhish
Pumari Chhish
Saser Kangri III
Saser Kangri III
Saser Kangri II
Saser Kangri II
Mamostong Kangri K35
Mamostong Kangri K35
Skyang Kangri
Skyang Kangri
Trivor Sar
Trivor Sar
Shispare or Shispare Sar
Shispare or Shispare Sar
Chogolisa
Chogolisa
Saser Kangri I, K22
Saser Kangri I, K22
Batura III
Batura III
Saltoro Kangri, K10
Saltoro Kangri, K10
Kanjut Sar
Kanjut Sar
Batura II
Batura II
Rakaposhi
Rakaposhi
Batura Sar, Batura I
Batura Sar, Batura I
Masherbrum, K1
9
Masherbrum, K1
Kunyang Chhish (Kunyang Kish, Khunyang Chhish, Khinyang Chhish)
8
Kunyang Chhish (Kunyang Kish, Khunyang Chhish, Khinyang Chhish)
Distaghil Sar
7
Distaghil Sar
Gasherbrum IV, K3
6
Gasherbrum IV, K3
Gasherbrum III, K3a
5
Gasherbrum III, K3a
Gasherbrum II, K4
4
Gasherbrum II, K4
Broad Peak
3
Broad Peak
Gasherbrum I, K5
2
Gasherbrum I, K5
K2
1
K2
The major peaks in Karakoram are rank identified by height.

Legend:
1:K22:Gasherbrum I, K53:Broad Peak4:Gasherbrum II, K45:Gasherbrum III, K3a6:Gasherbrum IV, K37:Distaghil Sar8:Kunyang Chhish9:Masherbrum, K110:Batura Sar, Batura I11:Rakaposhi12:Batura II13:Kanjut Sar14:Saltoro Kangri, K1015:Batura III16: Saser Kangri I, K2217:Chogolisa18:Shispare19:Trivor Sar20:Skyang Kangri21:Mamostong Kangri, K3522:Saser Kangri II23:Saser Kangri III24:Pumari Chhish25:Passu Sar26:Yukshin Gardan Sar27:Teram Kangri I28:Malubiting29:K1230:Sia Kangri31:Momhil Sar32:Skil Brum33:Haramosh Peak34:Ghent Kangri35:Ultar Sar36:Rimo massif37:Sherpi Kangri38:Yazghil Dome South39:Baltoro Kangri40:Crown Peak41:Baintha Brakk42:Yutmaru Sar43:K644:Muztagh Tower45:Diran46:Apsarasas Kangri I47:Rimo III48:Gasherbrum V

 
Highest point
Elevation7,245 m (23,770 ft)[1]
Ranked 96th
Prominence625 m (2,051 ft)[1][2]
Parent peakTeram Kangri
Coordinates35°32′18″N 77°08′54″E / 35.53833°N 77.14833°E / 35.53833; 77.14833[1]
Geography
LocationLadakh, India,
Xinjiang, China
Parent rangeSiachen Muztagh, Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent1976
Easiest routesnow/ice climb
Apsarasas Kangri
Simplified ChineseApsarasas崗日峰
Transcriptions

Apsarasas Kangri is a mountain in the Siachen subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. With an elevation of 7,245 m (23,770 ft) it is the 96th highest mountain in the world. Apsarasas Kangri is located within the broader Kashmir region disputed between India, Pakistan and China. It is situated on the border between the areas controlled by China as part of the Xinjiang autonomous region, and the Siachen Glacier controlled by India as part of Ladakh.

Apsarasas was named by Grant Peterkin of the 1908 Workman expedition, from apsara ("fairies") and sas ("place"), thus "place of the fairies".[3] There are at least three main summits of near-equal height, usually labeled I to III from west to east over a distance of 5 km. The eastern summit (35°31′14″N 77°11′56″E / 35.52056°N 77.19889°E / 35.52056; 77.19889) is separated from the other two by a saddle just over 6800 m high.

Only the western peak (Apsarasas I) appears to have been climbed. The first ascent was made over the west ridge by Yoshio Inagaki, Katsuhisa Yabuta and Takamasa Miyomoto of the Osaka University Mountaineering Club on August 7, 1976.[4] The second ascent was by an Indian Army expedition on September 18, 1980,[5] and another Indian army team achieved the third ascent in 1988.[6] Apsarasas II and Apsarasas III are listed as "virgin peaks" by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation,[7] and the eastern summit counts amongst the highest unclimbed peaks.

  1. ^ a b c "Apsarasas, India/China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ Note: Sources vary on the prominence of this peak. 8000ers.com states 607m and Global.mongabay Archived July 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine states 635m. Both agree with the Peakbagger summit elevation of 7245m, but 8000ers.com purports that the unclimbed eastern peak is the highest summit.
  3. ^ Kapadia, Harish (1 March 2002). High Himalaya Unknown Valleys. Indus Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-81-7387-117-7.
  4. ^ Hideo Misawa, Apsaras, American Alpine Journal 21, 1977 p. 271
  5. ^ Brig K. N. Thadani, The Ascent of Apsarasas I in the Karakoram, Himalayan Journal 38, 1982.
  6. ^ Kapadia, 2002, p. 302.
  7. ^ "Virgin Peaks in East Karakoram". The Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.