Muztagh Tower

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granite peak mountain peak

Muztagh Tower is a striking, steep granite peak in the Karakoram range on the Pakistan–China border, renowned among mountaineers for its dramatic shape and technical climbing challenges.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	granite peak → mountain → peak →
climbingType	alpine climbing → big wall climbing →
continent	Asia →
country	China → Pakistan →
difficulty	very difficult →
elevationMetres	7284 →
firstAscentBy	Ian McNaught-Davis → Joe Brown →
firstAscentDate	1956-07-06 →
firstAscentExpeditionNationality	British →
firstAscentRoute	West Ridge →
firstAscentSide	Pakistan side →
hasPhoto	iconic 1956 photographs emphasizing its steepness →
knownFor	dramatic shape → steep granite faces → technical climbing difficulty →
languageOfName	Turkic →
locatedInMountainRange	Karakoram →
locatedInRegion	Gilgit-Baltistan → Xinjiang →
locatedOn	Baltoro Glacier region →
locatedOnBorderOf	China → Pakistan →
mapLocation	Karakoram on Pakistan–China border →
material	granite →
nameMeaning	Ice Tower →
nearbyFeature	Baltoro Glacier → K2 → Trango Towers →
notableAspect	high objective hazards → sheer rock walls on multiple sides →
partOf	Baltoro Muztagh →
photoFame	appears extremely steep in early photographs →
prominenceMetres	1710 →
relativeRanking	one of the most technically demanding 7000-metre peaks in the Karakoram →
secondAscentBy	André Contamine → Guido Magnone →
secondAscentDate	1956-07-24 →
secondAscentExpeditionNationality	French →
secondAscentRoute	East Ridge →
secondAscentSide	Chinese side →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Karakoram →	contains
Baltoro Muztagh →	hasNotablePeak