Gasherbrum III (Urdu: گاشر برم۔۳); simplified Chinese: 加舒尔布鲁木III峰; traditional Chinese: 加舒爾布魯木III峰; pinyin: Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù III Fēng), surveyed as K3a, 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.[3] It is situated between Gasherbrum II and IV.

Gasherbrum III fails to meet a 500 metres (1,600 ft) topographic prominence cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.[4]

Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the world[5] up to its first ascent in 1975, by Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, members of a Polish expedition.[6]

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Notes and references

  1. ^ a b "Gasherbrum III". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  2. ^ "Trekking Routes - Highest peaks". Central Karakoram National Park. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. ^ a b This region is also claimed by India. This massif is under the control of Pakistan; it lies just north of the Line of Control.
  4. ^ Some sources use a lower cutoff value, and consider Gasherbrum III to be independent.
  5. ^ In fact no summit in 1975 was both higher and more topographically prominent.
  6. ^ McDonald, Bernadette (2011). Freedom Climbers. Victoria, Canada: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-926855-60-8.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasherbrum_III
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