Kunyang Chhish | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,852 m (25,761 ft)[1] Ranked 21st |
Prominence | 1,765 m (5,791 ft)[1] |
Listing | Ultra |
Coordinates | 36°12′19″N 75°12′28″E / 36.20528°N 75.20778°E[2] |
Geography | |
Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan | |
Parent range | Hispar Muztagh, Karakoram |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 26, 1971 by Andrzej Heinrich, Jan Stryczynski, Ryszard Szafirski, Andrzej Zawada |
Easiest route | glacier/rock/ice climb |
Kunyang Chhish | |||
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Simplified Chinese | 昆揚基什峰 | ||
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Kunyang Chhish is the second-highest mountain in the Hispar Muztagh, a subrange in the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan. An alternate variations of the name are Kunyang Kish and Khinyang Chhish.[3] Its height, also sometimes given as 7,823 metres (25,666 ft), is ranked 21st in the world.