# Gasherbrum > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gasherbrum > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gasherbrum.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasherbrum > Source revision: 1355448211 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Mountain range in Pakistan and China}} {{Distinguish|Masherbrum}} {{Use Oxford spelling|date=February 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Gasherbrum | native_name = | image = Gasherbrum group summits and glaciers marked.jpg | image_caption = Gasherbrum group as seen from the [ISS](/source/ISS) | country = {{hlist|[Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)|[China](/source/China)}} | subdivision1_type = Regions | subdivision1 = {{hlist|[Gilgit-Baltistan](/source/Gilgit-Baltistan)|[Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang)}} | parent = [Karakoram](/source/Karakoram) | geology = | orogeny = | area_km2 = | range_coordinates = | length_km = | length_orientation = | width_km = | width_orientation = | highest = [Gasherbrum I](/source/Gasherbrum_I) | elevation = {{convert|8080|m|ft}} | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=it}} | map = Karakoram#Gilgit Baltistan#China Xinjiang Southern | map_caption = Location of the Gasherbrum within the greater [Karakoram](/source/Karakoram) region | label = Gasherbrum | label_position = top | map_size = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 }} [[File:HiddenPeak.jpg|thumb|right|[Gasherbrum I](/source/Gasherbrum_I), 11th highest in the world]] [[File:7 15 BroadPeak.jpg|thumb|right|[Broad Peak](/source/Broad_Peak), 12th highest in the world]] [[File:Gasherbrum2.jpg|thumb|right|[Gasherbrum II](/source/Gasherbrum_II), 13th highest in the world]] [[File:Gasherbrum group.JPG|thumb|right|Gasherbrum Group with [Gasherbrum IV](/source/Gasherbrum_IV), Gasherbrum V, and Gasherbrum VI]] thumb|right|Satellite image of the Gasherbrum massif '''Gasherbrum''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|گاشر برم}}}}) is a remote group of [peaks](/source/mountain) situated at the northeastern end of the [Baltoro Glacier](/source/Baltoro_Glacier) in the [Karakoram](/source/Karakoram) mountain range.{{Dubious|date=December 2024|reason=According to Karakoram-article there are four mountains?}} The peaks are located within the border region of [Gilgit-Baltistan](/source/Gilgit-Baltistan), [Pakistan occupied Kashmir](/source/Pakistan_occupied_Kashmir) region and [Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang), [China](/source/China). The [massif](/source/massif) contains three of the world's [8,000 metre peaks](/source/eight-thousander) (if [Broad Peak](/source/Broad_Peak) is included). The highly visible face of [Gasherbrum IV](/source/Gasherbrum_IV) has gained the nickname the "Shining Wall" and this has often been claimed as the meaning of the word "Gasherbrum". {{cite web | title = Top Expeditions 1970-2020, #6: Gasherbrum IV's Shining Wall | website =Explorers Web| date= 26 December 2020| first =Angela | last = Benavides | access-date = 26 April 2024 |url = https://explorersweb.com/top-expeditions-1970-2020-6-gasherbrum-ivs-shining-wall/ }} However the name Gasherbrum comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) + "brum" (mountain) in [Balti](/source/Balti_language), hence it actually means "beautiful mountain".{{cite journal | title = Balti Place Names in the Karakoram | journal =American Alpine Journal| issn= 0065-6925 | date= 1975| first =H. Adams | last = Carter | volume =#20 |issue =49| pages= 52–57 | access-date = 26 April 2024 |url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197505200/Balti-Place-Names-in-the-Karakoram }} == Geography == The Gasherbrum range forms the [continental divide](/source/continental_divide) of southern Asia; drainage to the north and east flows into the [Tarim Basin](/source/Tarim_Basin), drainage to the south and west flows into the [Arabian Sea](/source/Arabian_Sea). {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Peak || Elevation || [Prominence](/source/Topographic_prominence) (m) || Latitude (N) || Longitude (E) |- | [Gasherbrum I](/source/Gasherbrum_I) || {{convert|8080|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 2,155 || 35°43′27″ || 76°41′48″ |- | [Broad Peak](/source/Broad_Peak) || {{convert|8047|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 1,701 || 35°48′35″ || 76°34′06″ |- | [Gasherbrum II](/source/Gasherbrum_II) || {{convert|8035|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 1,523 || 35°45′27″ || 76°39′15″ |- | [Gasherbrum III](/source/Gasherbrum_III) || {{convert|7952|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 355 || 35°45′34″ || 76°38′31″ |- | [Gasherbrum IV](/source/Gasherbrum_IV) || {{convert|7925|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 725 || 35°45′39″ || 76°37′00″ |- | [Gasherbrum V](/source/Gasherbrum_V) || {{convert|7147|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 654 || 35°43′45″ || 76°36′48″ |- | [Gasherbrum VI](/source/Gasherbrum_VI) || {{convert|6979|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 520 || 35°42′30″ || 76°37′54″ |- | Gasherbrum VII || {{convert|6955|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 165 || 39°44'19" || 76°36'0" |- | Gasherbrum Twins || {{convert|6912|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} and
{{convert|6877|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} || 162 || 35°34'13" || 76°35'36" |} == History == In 1856, [Thomas George Montgomerie](/source/Thomas_George_Montgomerie), a British [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers) lieutenant and a member of the [Great Trigonometric Survey](/source/Great_Trigonometric_Survey) of [India](/source/India), sighted a group of high peaks in the Karakoram from more than 200 km away. He named five of these peaks K1, K2, K3, K4 and K5, where the "K" denotes Karakoram. Today, K1 is known as [Masherbrum](/source/Masherbrum), K3 as [Gasherbrum IV](/source/Gasherbrum_IV), K4 as [Gasherbrum II](/source/Gasherbrum_II) and K5 as [Gasherbrum I](/source/Gasherbrum_I). Only [K2](/source/K2), the second highest mountain in the world, has retained Montgomerie's name. Broad Peak was thought to miss out on a K-number as it was hidden from Montgomerie's view by Masherbrum. ==Climbing history== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Mountain !! altitude !! first ascent !! first winter ascent |- | Gasherbrum I || 8068 m || 1958 by [Pete Schoening](/source/Pete_Schoening) and A. J. Kauffman (USA) || 2012 by [Adam Bielecki](/source/Adam_Bielecki_(climber)), {{ill|Janusz Gołąb|pl}} ([Poland](/source/Poland)){{Cite web|url=http://www.wprost.pl/ar/309958/Polacy-zdobyli-nieosiagalny-szczyt-Zaatakowali-Gasherbrum-I-zima|title = Polacy zdobyli nieosiągalny szczyt. Zaatakowali Gasherbrum I zimą|date = 9 March 2012}} |- | Broad Peak (if included in group) || 8047 m || 1957 by [Marcus Schmuck](/source/Marcus_Schmuck), [Fritz Wintersteller](/source/Fritz_Wintersteller), [Kurt Diemberger](/source/Kurt_Diemberger) and [Hermann Buhl](/source/Hermann_Buhl) (Austria) || 2013 by Adam Bielecki, [Artur Małek](/source/Artur_Ma%C5%82ek), [Maciej Berbeka](/source/Maciej_Berbeka), {{ill|Tomasz Kowalski (mountaineer)|pl|Tomasz Kowalski (wspinacz)|lt=Tomasz Kowalski}} ([Poland](/source/Poland)) |- | Gasherbrum II || 8035 m || 1956 by [Fritz Moravec](/source/Fritz_Moravec), S. Larch, H. Willenpart (Austria) || 2011 by [Simone Moro](/source/Simone_Moro) ([Italy](/source/Italy)), [Denis Urubko](/source/Denis_Urubko) ([Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan)), [Cory Richards](/source/Cory_Richards_(climber)) ([United States](/source/United_States)) |- | Gasherbrum III || 7952 m || 1975 by [Wanda Rutkiewicz](/source/Wanda_Rutkiewicz), [Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz](/source/Alison_Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz), [Janusz Onyszkiewicz](/source/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz) and {{ill|Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki|pl}} (Poland) || Unclimbed in winter |- | Gasherbrum IV || 7925 m || 1958 by [Walter Bonatti](/source/Walter_Bonatti) and [Carlo Mauri](/source/Carlo_Mauri) (Italy) || Unclimbed in winter |- | Gasherbrum V || 7147 m || 2014 by S. Nakjong and A. Chi Young (Korea) || Unclimbed in winter |- | Gasherbrum VI || 7001 m || Unclimbed, attempted 1998 by a French group (two dead) and a Danish group (Bo Belvedere Christensen, Mads Granlien and Jan Mathorne reaching 6200 m) || Unclimbed in winter |- | Gasherbrum VII || 6755 m || 2019 by [Cala Cimenti](/source/Cala_Cimenti) (Italy){{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/425097330917221/2363386887088246 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = https://www.facebook.com/425097330917221/posts/2363386887088246/ |title = Cala Cimenti Cmenexperience on Facebook |website=[Facebook](/source/Facebook)}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} || Unclimbed in winter |- | Gasherbrum Twins || || Unclimbed || Unclimbed in winter |} ==See also== *[Concordia, Pakistan](/source/Concordia%2C_Pakistan) *[Eight-thousander](/source/Eight-thousander) *[List of highest mountains](/source/List_of_highest_mountains) *[List of mountains in Pakistan](/source/List_of_mountains_in_Pakistan) ==Sources== *Mount Qogori (K2) {scale 1:100,000}; edited and mapped by Mi Desheng (Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology), the Xi´an Cartographic Publishing House. *[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/ascend/pundits.html Dreams of Tibet: the pundits] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:Mountain ranges of the Karakoram Category:Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gasherbrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasherbrum) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasherbrum?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.