broad peak

Broad Peak is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China. It is the 12th highest mountain in the world with 8,051 metres elevation above sea level. The first ascent of this mountain was in June 1957, accomplished by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diember…
Broad Peak is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China. It is the 12th highest mountain in the world with 8,051 metres elevation above sea level. The first ascent of this mountain was in June 1957, accomplished by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl as part of an Austrian expedition.
  • Elevation: 8,051 m (26,414 ft)
  • Location: Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan · Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China, China–Pakistan border
  • Prominence: 1,701 m (5,581 ft)
  • Isolation: 9.12 km (5.67 mi)
  • Listing: Eight-thousander · Ultra
  • Parent range: Karakoram
  • First ascent: June 9, 1957 by an Austrian team · (First winter ascent 5 March 2013 Maciej Berbeka, Adam Bielecki, Tomasz Kowalski and Artur Małek)

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