Askole
K2, the 2nd highest of the world
Broad Peak, the 12th highest peak in the world
Askole, Askoli, or Askoly is a small town located in Shigar Valley, in the most remote region of the Karakoram mountains, in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. It is notable as the final settlement before the wilderness of the Karakoram.
Askole is the gateway to four of the world's 14 highest peaks known as Eight-thousanders (above 8,000m).[1]
Expeditions
Expeditions to the following peaks are launched from Askole:
- K2, second highest of the world at 8611m
- Gasherbrum I, 11th highest of the world at 8,080m.
- Broad Peak, 12th highest of the world at 8,047m.
- Gasherbrum II, 13th highest of the world at 8,035m.
- Gasherbrum III, 7,946m. (Often regarded as a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.)
- Gasherbrum IV, 17th highest of the world at 7,932m.
- Masherbrum (K1), 22nd highest of the world at 7,821m.
- Chogolisa, 36th highest of the world at 7,665m.
- Muztagh Tower, 7,273m.
- Snow Dome, 7,160m.
- Biarchedi, 6,781m
- Trango Towers, 6,363m, the highest cliffs of the world.
- Mitre Peak, 6,010m.
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References
Coordinates: 35°41′N 75°49′E / 35.683°N 75.817°E
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