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Batura Sar

Batura Sar

7,795 m

Peak · West Karakoram · Pakistan

Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0

West Karakoram

Connections

the verified web around Batura Sar

Part of

Batura Muztagh

What’s around it

Terrain & setting

At a glance

Aspect
Faces SW
Slope
≈ 51°

slope & aspect are approximate, estimated from the elevation model.

Background

Batura Sar, also referred to as Batura I, is the 25th-highest mountain on Earth. Located in Passu in the Hunza District of Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan, it is the highest peak of the Batura Muztagh, which is the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range. It forms the apex of the Batura Wall, a continuously high part of the backbone of the Batura Muztagh.

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