Distaghil Sar

Disteghil Sar
Disteghil Sar
Pakistan
Disteghil Sar
Disteghil Sar (Gilgit Baltistan)
30km
19miles
Pakistan
India
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The major peaks in Karakoram are rank identified by height.
Pakistan
Highest point
Elevation7,885 m (25,869 ft)
Ranked 19th
Prominence2,525 m (8,284 ft)
Listing
Coordinates36°19′33″N 75°11′18″E / 36.32583°N 75.18833°E / 36.32583; 75.18833
Naming
Native nameدستاغل سر
Geography
LocationNazimabad Shishkat, Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan
Parent rangeHispar Muztagh, Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent9 June 1960 by Günther Stärker and Diether Marchart of an Austrian team
Easiest routeGlacier/snow/ice climb
Distaghil Sar
Simplified Chinese迪斯特吉峰
Transcriptions

Disteghil Sar or Distaghil Sar is the highest mountain in the Baltin Bar Nallah Shishkat, Hunza. It is part of the Karakoram mountain range in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the 19th-highest mountain on Earth, the 7th-highest in Pakistan, and the first of the high peaks after Shishapangma to be the tallest independent summit of its own subrange. The mountain has a 3-kilometre-long (1.9 mi) top ridge above 7,400 meters elevation, with three distinct summits: Northwest, 7,885 m; Central, 7,760 m; and Southeast, 7,696m or 7,535m.