Gharkun
The Gharkun is a 6620 m high glaciated mountain in the south of the Saltoro Mountains, a sub-mountain range of the Karakorum.
Location
The Gharkun is located in the disputed border region between the Pakistani territory of Gilgit-Baltistan (the former northern territories) and the Indian Kashmir region in the southwest of the Siachen glacier. The so-called "Line of control" runs over the summit. Its northern flank is dewatered over the Gyong Glacier, while the southern flank is drained via the Chulung Glacier. On the opposite side of the Gyong glacier rises in the east-northeast direction at a distance of 11 km, the 6727 m high Gyong Kangri.
Climb history
In July 1976, a five-member Japanese mountaineering group (expedition leader Haruki Sugiyama) reached the summit.
References
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