Apsarasas Kangri

Apsarasas Kangri
Apsarasas Kangri Ladakh, India, Xinjiang, China Show map of Karakoram Apsarasas Kangri Apsarasas Kangri (Southern Xinjiang) Show map of Southern Xinjiang Apsarasas Kangri Apsarasas Kangri (Ladakh) Show map of Ladakh
45km 30miles Pakistan India China 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The major peaks in Karakoram are rank identified by height. Legend： 1：K2,  2：Gasherbrum I, K5,  3：Broad Peak,  4：Gasherbrum II, K4,  5：Gasherbrum III, K3a,  6：Gasherbrum IV, K3,  7：Distaghil Sar,  8：Kunyang Chhish,  9：Masherbrum, K1,  10：Batura Sar, Batura I,  11：Rakaposhi,  12：Batura II,  13：Kanjut Sar,  14：Saltoro Kangri, K10,  15：Batura III,  16： Saser Kangri I, K22,  17：Chogolisa,  18：Shispare,  19：Trivor Sar,  20：Skyang Kangri,  21：Mamostong Kangri, K35,  22：Saser Kangri II,  23：Saser Kangri III,  24：Pumari Chhish,  25：Passu Sar,  26：Yukshin Gardan Sar,  27：Teram Kangri I,  28：Malubiting,  29：K12,  30：Sia Kangri,  31：Momhil Sar,  32：Skil Brum,  33：Haramosh Peak,  34：Ghent Kangri,  35：Ultar Sar,  36：Rimo massif,  37：Sherpi Kangri,  38：Yazghil Dome South,  39：Baltoro Kangri,  40：Crown Peak,  41：Baintha Brakk,  42：Yutmaru Sar,  43：K6,  44：Muztagh Tower,  45：Diran,  46：Apsarasas Kangri I,  47：Rimo III,  48：Gasherbrum V
Highest point
Elevation	7,245 m (23,770 ft)[1] Ranked 96th
Prominence	625 m (2,051 ft)[1][2]
Parent peak	Teram Kangri
Coordinates	35°32′18″N 77°08′54″E[1]
Geography
Location	Ladakh, India, Xinjiang, China
Parent range	Siachen Muztagh, Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent	1976
Easiest route	snow/ice climb

Apsarasas Kangri
Simplified Chinese	Apsarasas崗日峰
Transcriptions

Apsarasas Kangri is a mountain in the Siachen subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. With an elevation of 7,245 m (23,770 ft) it is the 96th highest mountain in the world. Apsarasas Kangri is located within the broader Kashmir region disputed between India, Pakistan and China. It is situated on the border between the areas controlled by China as part of the Xinjiang autonomous region, and the Siachen Glacier controlled by India as part of Ladakh.

Apsarasas was named by Grant Peterkin of the 1908 Workman expedition, from apsara ("fairies") and sas ("place"), thus "place of the fairies".^[3] There are at least three main summits of near-equal height, usually labeled I to III from west to east over a distance of 5 km. The eastern summit (35°31′14″N 77°11′56″E) is separated from the other two by a saddle just over 6800 m high.

Only the western peak (Apsarasas I) appears to have been climbed. The first ascent was made over the west ridge by Yoshio Inagaki, Katsuhisa Yabuta and Takamasa Miyomoto of the Osaka University Mountaineering Club on August 7, 1976.^[4] The second ascent was by an Indian Army expedition on September 18, 1980,^[5] and another Indian army team achieved the third ascent in 1988.^[6] Apsarasas II and Apsarasas III are listed as "virgin peaks" by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation,^[7] and the eastern summit counts amongst the highest unclimbed peaks.

References

1. "Apsarasas, India/China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
2. Note: Sources vary on the prominence of this peak. 8000ers.com states 607m and Global.mongabay Archived July 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine states 635m. Both agree with the Peakbagger summit elevation of 7245m, but 8000ers.com purports that the unclimbed eastern peak is the highest summit.
3. Kapadia, Harish (1 March 2002). High Himalaya Unknown Valleys. Indus Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-81-7387-117-7.
4. Hideo Misawa, Apsaras, American Alpine Journal 21, 1977 p. 271
5. Brig K. N. Thadani, The Ascent of Apsarasas I in the Karakoram, Himalayan Journal 38, 1982.
6. Kapadia, 2002, p. 302.
7. "Virgin Peaks in East Karakoram". The Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.