Falak Sher

Falak Sher

Infobox Mountain
Name = Falak Sher
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Elevation = 5,918 metres (19,411 feet)
Location = Swat (Kohistan), Pakistan
Range = Hindu Kush
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|35|40|58.02|N|72|47|7.18|E|type:mountain [ [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/420123/an/0/page/0#420123 http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb] ]
First ascent = 1957

Falak Sher (also known as Falak Sar) is a mountain in Pakistan (elevation 5,918 m). It is considered the highest peak of Swat (Kohistan) in the Hindu Kush mountains.

This mountain was climbed for the first time by W.K.A Berry and C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe of New Zealand in 1957 from its North ridge. The second ascent was made by Dr. Wolf Gang Stephen who also climbed Distaghil Sar and also Malika Parbat. Carlo Pinelli attempted another peak in the Hindu Raj which is the only 6000 of this part of Hindu Kush. They named it Maingol Sar.

See also

*List of mountains in Pakistan

References

External links

* [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/420123/an/0/page/0#420123 Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth]


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