Gasherbrum is a remote group of mountain located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya. The massif contains three of the world's eight-thousander .... massif of the Baltoro Muztagh
Baltoro Muztagh
The Baltoro Muztagh is a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. It is home to K2 , the second highest mountain in the world, and to three other Eight-thousander.... , a subrange 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.... on the border between Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th... and China
China
China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia.... , in the region of Baltistan. It is situated between Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum II is the List of highest mountains mountain on Earth, located on the border of Pakistan-China. Gasherbrum II is the third highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalaya.... and IV
Gasherbrum IV
Gasherbrum IV is the List of highest mountains mountain on Earth and the List of mountains in Pakistan in Pakistan. It is one of the peaks in the Gasherbrum massif.... .
In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height or shoulder drop or prime factor , is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains, also known as peaks.... cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.
Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the world up to its first ascent in 1975, by Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wanda Rutkiewicz was born on February 4, 1943 in Plunge, Lithuania). She died either on May 12 or May 13, 1992, while climbing Kangchenjunga.... , Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Janusz Onyszkiewicz is a Poland mathematician, alpinist, politician and a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee .... and Krystof Zdzitowiecki, members of a Polish expedition.
