| Sia Kangri | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 錫亞康戈里峰 | ||
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Sia Kangri (7,422 m, 24,350 ft) is a mountain in theBaltoro Muztagh in theKarakoram. Its summit lies on the border of Pakistan and China. About a kilometer southeast of the Sia Kangri summit is the tri point where territories controlled by India, Pakistan and China meet.[2] Territories on all sides are disputed. The land immediately to the southwest of the peak is claimed by both Pakistan and India and controlled by Pakistan. The land to the northeast is part of theTrans-Karakoram Tract, controlled by China under a 1963 border agreement with Pakistan but is claimed by India. The land to the southeast is claimed by Pakistan and India, but controlled by India, as a part ofLadakh. It is the63rd highest mountain in the world, and the25th highest in Pakistan. The peak is on the watershed between theIndus River basin and theTarim Basin.Indira Col which is 3 km to the east is India's northernmost point.[3]
Sia Kangri was first climbed in 1934 by the International Himalaya Expedition led by the Swiss-German mountaineerGünter Dyhrenfurth. The summit party includedHettie Dyhrenfurth, who thereby set the women'sworld altitude record, which stood for 20 years. Lately, Pakistan has opened Sia Kangri peak for mountaineers and climbers who can obtain permission from Islamabad to summit Sia Kangri.
