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"Batura" redirects here. For the Indian bread, see Bhatoora
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"Batura" redirects here. For the Indian bread, see Bhatoora
Bhatoora

Bhatoora is a soft and fluffy Cuisine of India fried bread, and is often eaten with a chickpea curry, choley, making the classic Punjabi dish chole bhature....
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Batura Muztagh is a sub-range of the Karakoram
Karakoram

Karakoram is a large mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, China, and India, located in the regions of Gilgit District, Ladakh, and Baltistan....
 mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
. It is located in the Gilgit District
Gilgit District

Gilgit District is bounded by Wakhan Corridor in the north, Xinjiang in the north / northeast, Skardu District in the south / southeast. The town of Gilgit is the capital of Gilgit District and capital of Northern Areas of Pakistan....
 of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, west of the Hunza Valley
Hunza Valley

Hunza Valley is a mountainous valley in Gilgit Valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The Hunza valley is situated at an elevation of 2,438 metres ....
. It is the westernmost sub-range of the Karakoram; it runs from Chalt village, in Bar valley, on the east, to Kampir Dior in the Kurumbar valley, which separates the Pamir
Pamir Mountains

The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, and Hindu Kush ranges....
 and Hindu Kush
Hindu Kush

The Hindu Kush is a mountain range located in eastern and central Afghanistan, northwestern Pakistan and northeastern India.The origin of the name Hindu Kush is disputed, despite its coinage apparently dating back no further than c.1330....
 ranges from the Karakoram.

Selected peaks in the Batura Muztagh


} |align=right|3,118 |Distaghil Sar
Distaghil Sar

Disteghil Sar or Distaghil Sar is the highest mountain in the Hispar Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range, in the Northern Areas or Gilgit-Baltistan....
 |align=middle|1976 |align=middle|4 (6) |- |Shispare
Shispare

Shispare is one of the high peaks of the Batura Muztagh,which is the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram mountain range.Alternate forms of the name of this peak are Shispare Sar and Shispar? Sar....
 |align=right|7,611 |align=right|24,970 | |align=right|1,240 |Batura Sar
Batura Sar

Batura Sar, also referred to as Batura I, is the List of highest mountains mountain on earth and the List of mountains in Pakistan in Pakistan....
 |align=middle|1974 |align=middle|3 (1) |- |Pasu Sar |align=right|7,476 |align=right|24,528 | |align=right|645 |Batura Sar
Batura Sar

Batura Sar, also referred to as Batura I, is the List of highest mountains mountain on earth and the List of mountains in Pakistan in Pakistan....
 |align=middle| 1994 |align=middle| 1(0) |- |Ultar Sar |align=right|7,388 |align=right|24,239 | |align=right|700 |Shispare
Shispare

Shispare is one of the high peaks of the Batura Muztagh,which is the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram mountain range.Alternate forms of the name of this peak are Shispare Sar and Shispar? Sar....
 |align=middle| 1996 |align=middle| 2 (5) |- |Sangemarmar Sar
Sangemarmar Sar

Sangemarmar Sar is a pyramidal peak in the Batura Muztagh, at the end of a spur ridge running southwest from Pasu Sar in Pakistan. It lies between the Muchuhar Glacier, on the west, and the Shispare Glacier on the east....
  |align=right|7,000 |align=right|22,966 | |align=right|1,100 |Pasu Sar |align=middle| 1984 |align=middle| 1 (3) |- |Bublimotin (Ladyfinger Peak) |align=right|6,000 |align=right|19,685 ft | |align=right|<200 |Hunza Peak |align=middle| 1982 |align=middle| 2 (5) |}

Books/pamphlets/maps about Batura Muztagh

  • High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks by Jill Neate, ISBN 0-89886-238-8
  • Batura Mustagh (sketch map and pamphlet) by Jerzy Wala, 1988.
  • Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram by Jerzy Wala, 1990. Published by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research.


See also

Bublimotin
* List of mountains in Pakistan
List of mountains in Pakistan

Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres. and probably as many peaks above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m....
  • Northern Areas, Pakistan
  • Highest Mountains of the World
    List of highest mountains

    The following is a list of the world's 100+ highest mountains per height above sea level, all of which are located in Asia. Only those summits are included that, by an objective measure, may be considered individual mountains as opposed to subsidiary peaks....


External links

  • (Corrected versions of SRTM data; look for the "Batura Sar" tile)