Summary
Disteghil Sar or Distaghil Sar (Urdu: دستاغل سر) is the highest mountain in the Shimshal Valley, part of the Karakoram mountain range in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the 19th-highest mountain on Earth, the 7th-highest in Pakistan, and the first of the high peaks after Shishapangma to be the tallest independent summit of its own subrange. Disteghil sar is a Wakhi language word suggested by the Wakhi people of Shimshal,[2] meaning "above the inner ranch." The mountain has a 3-kilometre-long (1.9 mi) top ridge above 7,400 meters elevation, with three distinct summits: Northwest, 7885 m; Central, 7760 m; and Southeast, 7696m or 7535m.
| Disteghil Sar دستاغل سر | |
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 Disteghil Sar seen from space | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,885 m (25,869 ft)[1] Ranked 19th |
| Prominence | 2,525 m (8,284 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 36°19′33″N 75°11′18″E / 36.32583°N 75.18833°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Disteghil Sar دستاغل سر Pakistan  Disteghil Sar دستاغل سر Disteghil Sar دستاغل سر (Gilgit Baltistan) | |
| Location | Shimshal Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan |
| Parent range | Hispar Muztagh, Karakoram |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 9 June 1960 by Günther Stärker and Diether Marchart of an Austrian team |
| Easiest route | Glacier/snow/ice climb |
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| Simplified Chinese | 迪斯特吉峰 | ||
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Climbing history edit
Distaghil Sar was first climbed in 1960 by Günther Stärker and Diether Marchart of an Austrian expedition led by Wolfgang Stefan. The expedition climbed the western part of the south face and continued over the southwest ridge to the highest summit. Three years earlier, in 1957, an English expedition had attempted to climb the mountain from the south and the west, but failed due to bad weather. Likewise, weather foiled a 1959 Swiss attempt over the southeast ridge. The highest, western summit has been scaled twice since in 1980 and 1982 over the original route. Two attempts over the daunting north face, in 1988 and 1998, were unsuccessful. The eastern summit was first climbed in 1980 by a Polish expedition over the east face, and was reascended in 1983.
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- Hohe Siebentausender (in German)
- The Himalayan Index