{{short description|Mountain in Ladakh, India}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Kun Peak | image = Kun Summit Sunset.jpg | image_caption = Kun Peak | elevation_m = 7077 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pl">{{Cite web | url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/karakoram.html | title=The Karakoram, Pakistan Himalaya and India Himalaya (north of Nepal) | access-date=2024-05-04}}</ref> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = | map = India Ladakh | map_caption = Kun Peak on a map of Ladakh | label_position = right | location = Suru Valley, Kargil, Ladakh, India | range = Himalaya | coordinates = {{coord|34|0|46.80|N|76|3|24.63|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="pl"/> | first_ascent = 1913 by Mario Piacenza and Lorenzo Borelli, Italy | easiest_route = Northeast Ridge: glacier/snow/ice climb }}
The '''Kun Peak''' is a part of Nun Kun mountain massif in Ladakh, India. It is the second highest summit of the massif with elevation of {{convert|7077|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}} in the western Himalayan Range, located near the Suru valley, on the road connecting Kargil and Zanskar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatravelogue.com/adve/moun/moun5.html|title=Summit on Kargil Zanaskar road|publisher=indiatravelogue.com|accessdate=2012-05-26}}</ref> It is located about 61 km south of Kargil and 141 km west of Leh.
The '''Kun Peak''' is located north of Nun Peak {{convert|7135|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}} which is the highest summit of the massif and is separated from it by a snowy plateau of 4 km in length, in the northeast just at a distance of 2 km rises another peak of the massif known as Pinnacle Peak {{convert|6930|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}}.
==Mountaineering== The Nun Kun massif was first sighted in 1898 and three visits by Arthur Neve, in 1902, 1904, and 1910. In 1903, Dutch mountaineer Dr. H. Sillem investigated the massif and discovered the high plateau between the peaks; he reached an altitude of {{cvt|6400|m}} on Nun. In 1906, the Pinnacle Peak was first ascended by a noted explorer couple Fanny Bullock Workman and her husband William Hunter Workman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/vita-fanny-bullock-workman|title=Fanny Bullock Workman|date=17 February 2012|work=Harvard Magazine|accessdate=2012-05-26}}</ref> They also toured extensively through the massif and produced a map; however, controversy surrounded the Workmans' claims, and few trigonometrical points were given for the region, so that the map they produced was not usable.<ref name="neate">{{Neate-High Asia}}</ref> The Kun Peak was first successfully climbed by an Italian mountaineering team led by Mario Piacenza, Lorenzo Borelli in August 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kstours.org/mountain-climbing.html|title=Mountain climbing|publisher=kstours.org|accessdate=2012-05-26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904040947/http://www.kstours.org/mountain-climbing.html|archive-date=2012-09-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Signor Mario Piacenza’s expedition to Kashmir, first ascent of Nun Kun (higher summit) | journal =Alpine Journal| date= 1913| first =R.L.G. | last = Irving | issn= 0065-6569 |volume =#27 |issue= 202 | pages=454 | access-date =18 December 2025 |url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1913_files/AJ%201913%20Vol%2027%20452-456%20Alpine%20Notes.pdf#page=3 }}</ref>
The massif is accessed by a {{convert|210|km|mi|0|adj=on}} road from Srinagar NH 1D up to Kargil and then {{cvt|80|km}} via Kargil Zanskar road.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.indiatravelogue.com/adve/moun/moun5.html Suru and Zanskar valley] * [http://www.shikharindiaadventuretour.com/75/Guided-Expedition-to-Mount-Kun-7077Mt Kun Expedition] * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1781275 Topography of Nun Kun] ex Geographical Journal 1920
Category:Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas Category:Climbing areas of India Category:Mountains of Ladakh