Gasherbrum III

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mountain peak

Gasherbrum III is a high, remote peak in the Gasherbrum massif of the Karakoram range, notable as one of the world’s major 7,000-meter mountains.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gasherbrum massif 2
Gasherbrum 3 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
peak ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gasherbrum III ⓘ
surface form: Gasherbrum 3
climateZone high-altitude alpine ⓘ
climbingDifficulty high-altitude mountaineering objective ⓘ
climbingRoute via Gasherbrum II west ridge ⓘ
climbingStatus infrequently climbed ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
elevation 26089 ft ⓘ
7952 m ⓘ
firstAscentBy Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz ⓘ
Janusz Onyszkiewicz ⓘ
Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki ⓘ
Wanda Rutkiewicz ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1975-08-11 ⓘ
firstAscentExpedition Polish-British expedition ⓘ
firstAscentYear 1975 ⓘ
geologicalType folded sedimentary and metamorphic rock ⓘ
hazard avalanches ⓘ
crevasses ⓘ
extreme altitude ⓘ
isPartOf Himalaya region ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
listedIn Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram ⓘ
locatedIn Baltoro Muztagh ⓘ
surface form: Baltoro region

Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Central Karakoram National Park ⓘ
locatedOn Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
surface form: Baltoro Glacier watershed
mapRegion Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
surface form: Baltoro Glacier area
mountainRange Karakoram ⓘ
nearestHigherNeighbor Gasherbrum II ⓘ
notableFeature one of the world’s major 7,000-meter peaks ⓘ
notableFor being one of the highest unclimbed peaks until 1975 ⓘ
parentPeak Gasherbrum II ⓘ
partOf Gasherbrum massif ⓘ
prominence 355 m ⓘ
rangeSection Baltoro Muztagh ⓘ
region Karakoram ⓘ
relativeLocation between Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum IV ⓘ
remoteness high ⓘ
subrange Gasherbrum massif ⓘ
surface form: Gasherbrum group
topographicIsolation relatively low compared to neighboring eight-thousanders ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gasherbrum III → alsoKnownAs → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gasherbrum 3
Karakoram → contains → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
Gasherbrum I → hasNearbyPeak → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
Baltoro Muztagh → hasNotablePeak → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
Baltoro Glacier → near → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
Gasherbrum II → near → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
Gasherbrum IV → parentPeak → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
Gasherbrum I → partOf → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gasherbrum massif
Gasherbrum II → partOf → Gasherbrum III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gasherbrum massif