Masherbrum

Also known as Masherbrum I, K1

thumb|K1 Mountain, view from Talis thumb|K1 Mountain, view from Hushe thumb|Masherbrum view from Surmo, Gilgit Baltistan. thumb|The south face of Masherbrum (7,821 m), formerly known as K1, seen from the road leading to the village of Hushe in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Key facts

Mountain.name: Masherbrum
Mountain.other_name: K1
Mountain.photo: Masherbrum.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption: Masherbrum, July 2004
Mountain.photo_size: 260
Mountain.elevation_m: 7821
Mountain.elevation_ref: Ranked 22nd
Mountain.prominence_m: 2457
Mountain.range: Karakoram
Mountain.location: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Mountain.map: Pakistan#Gilgit Baltistan
Mountain.map_caption: Location in Gilgit-Baltistan
Mountain.map_size: 260
Mountain.label_position: left
Mountain.first_ascent: 1960 by George Bell and Willi Unsoeld
Mountain.easiest_route: glacier/snow/ice climb

via Wikipedia infobox

~5 min read

Encyclopedic overview

6 sections

Contents

Etymology
Geography
Climbing history
References
Sources
External links

Masherbrum (; formerly known as K1) is a mountain located in the Ghanche District in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan. With an elevation of 7,821 metres (25,659 feet), it ranks as the 22nd highest mountain globally and the 9th highest in Pakistan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Masherbrum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.