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The Rimo Muztagh is one of the most remote subranges 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....
 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...
, in far northwestern India, near the disputed border with 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...
. It is far from major towns, and close to the militarily sensitive Siachen Glacier
Siachen Glacier

see Siachen conflict for the military conflict over this areaThe Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains along the disputed India-Pakistan border at about ....
, so it has seen little exploration or climbing activity compared to, for example, the nearby 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....
. The highest peak is Mamostong Kangri
Mamostong Kangri

Mamostong Kangri or Mamostang Kangri is the highest peak in the remote Rimo Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range in India near the disputed border with Pakistan....
, 7,516 metres (24,659 feet).

The Rimo Muztagh is bordered on the north by the Rimo Glacier, which drains to the east into the upper Shyok River
Shyok River

The Shyok River is a river flowing through Ladakh and the disputed Northern Areas of Pakistan .Shyok river originates from the Rimo glacier, one of the tongues of Siachen Glacier and becomes very wide at the confluence with the Nubra River ....
, and by the Teram Shehr Glacier, a tributary of the Siachen Glacier
Siachen Glacier

see Siachen conflict for the military conflict over this areaThe Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains along the disputed India-Pakistan border at about ....
.






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The Rimo Muztagh is one of the most remote subranges 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....
 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...
, in far northwestern India, near the disputed border with 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...
. It is far from major towns, and close to the militarily sensitive Siachen Glacier
Siachen Glacier

see Siachen conflict for the military conflict over this areaThe Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains along the disputed India-Pakistan border at about ....
, so it has seen little exploration or climbing activity compared to, for example, the nearby 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....
. The highest peak is Mamostong Kangri
Mamostong Kangri

Mamostong Kangri or Mamostang Kangri is the highest peak in the remote Rimo Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range in India near the disputed border with Pakistan....
, 7,516 metres (24,659 feet).

The Rimo Muztagh is bordered on the north by the Rimo Glacier, which drains to the east into the upper Shyok River
Shyok River

The Shyok River is a river flowing through Ladakh and the disputed Northern Areas of Pakistan .Shyok river originates from the Rimo glacier, one of the tongues of Siachen Glacier and becomes very wide at the confluence with the Nubra River ....
, and by the Teram Shehr Glacier, a tributary of the Siachen Glacier
Siachen Glacier

see Siachen conflict for the military conflict over this areaThe Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains along the disputed India-Pakistan border at about ....
. To the northeast lie the Northeast Rimo Mountains and the Karakoram Pass
Karakoram Pass

The Karakoram Pass is the highest pass on the ancient caravan route between Leh in Ladakh and Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. 'Karakoram' literally means 'Black Gravel' in Turkic....
, a pass on one of the historically important trade route
Trade route

A trade route is a Logistics identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. Allowing Good s to reach distant markets, a single trade route contains long distance Arterial road which may further be connected to several smaller networks of commercial and non commercial transportation....
s into Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
. To the north lies the eastern end of the Siachen Muztagh
Siachen Muztagh

The Siachen Muztagh is a remote subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. Most of it is controlled by India, it is disputed between India and Pakistan and lies along the line of control in Northern Areas of Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir state of India and Xinjiang, China....
. On the east side of the range, the upper Shyok River divides it from the Depsang Plains
Depsang Plains

The Depsang Plains are located on the border of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and the disputed zone of Aksai Chin. The Chinese army invaded the plains in 1962 only to withdraw the the east days later....
, part of the Tibetan Plateau
Tibetan Plateau

The Tibetan Plateau , also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in China and Ladakh in Kashmir, India....
. On the southeast, the pass known as the Sasser Pass
Sasser Pass

Sasser Pass or Saser-la is a high mountain pass in India on the ancient summer caravan route from Ladakh to Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. It leads from the head of the Nubra Valley into the upper Shyok valley, on the way to the even higher, but easier, Karakorum Pass....
 (Saser La) separates the Rimo Muztagh from the Saser Muztagh
Saser Muztagh

The Saser Muztagh is the easternmost subrange of the Karakoram mountain range, in the Kashmir region of India. It is bounded on the south, east, and northeast by the Shyok River, which bends sharply around the southeast corner of the range....
. The western border of the range is formed by the lower Siachen Glacier and its outflow, the Nubra River
Nubra River

The Nubra River is a tributary of the Shyok River, which flows into the Indus River. It flows in the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir....
. Across this boundary lie the Saltoro Mountains
Saltoro Mountains

The Saltoro Mountains are a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. They are located in the heart of the Karakoram, on the southwest side of the Siachen Glacier, one of the longest glaciers outside of the polar regions....
 and the Kailas Mountains.

Selected peaks of the Rimo Muztagh

The following is a table of the peaks in the Rimo Muztagh which are over 7,200 meters (23,622 feet) in elevation and have over 500 meters (1,524 feet) of topographic prominence
Topographic prominence

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....
. (This is a common criterion for peaks of this stature to be independent.)

} |align=right|1,803 |Gasherbrum I
Gasherbrum I

Gasherbrum I is the List of highest mountains mountain on Earth, located on the border of China-Pakistan . Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya....
 |align=middle|1984 |align=middle|5 (0) |- |Rimo I
Rimo I

Rimo I is the main summit of the Rimo massif, in the northern part of the remote Rimo Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range in India....
 |align=right|7,385 |align=right|24,229 | |align=right|1,438 |Teram Kangri I |align=middle|1988 |align=middle|1 (3) |- |Rimo III |align=right|7,233 |align=right|23,730 | |align=right|615 |Rimo I
Rimo I

Rimo I is the main summit of the Rimo massif, in the northern part of the remote Rimo Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range in India....
 |align=middle|1985 |align=middle|1 (0) |}

External links

  • The Northern Kashmir WebSite


See also

  • 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....
  • List of highest mountains
    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....


Sources

  • Jerzy Wala, Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
  • Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, Himalaya Alpine-Style, Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.