- Gasherbrum III
Infobox Mountain
Name = Gasherbrum III
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Elevation = convert|7952|m|ft|0|lk=on
Ranked 15th (6th in Pakistan)
Location =Gilgit-Baltistan (China-Pakistan )This region is disputed; it is also claimed byIndia . This massif is under the control of Pakistan; it lies just north of theLine of Control .]
Range =Karakoram
Prominence = convert|355|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|35|44|N|76|38|E|type:mountain
First ascent = 1975 by a Polish team
Easiest route = snow/ice climbGasherbrum III is a summit in the
Gasherbrum massif of theBaltoro Muztagh , a subrange of theKarakoram on the border betweenPakistan andChina , in the region of Baltistan. It is situated betweenGasherbrum II and IV.Gasherbrum III fails to meet a 500 metre
topographic prominence cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.Some sources use a lower cutoff value, and consider Gasherbrum III to be independent.]Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the worldIn fact no summit in 1975 was both higher and more topographically prominent.] up to its first ascent in 1975, by
Wanda Rutkiewicz , Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz,Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krystof Zdzitowiecki, members of a Polish expedition.Notes
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