Sia Kangri

Sia Kangri
Sia Kangri
Traditional Chinese	錫亞康戈里峰
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Sia Kangri
Sia Kangri
	Sia Kangri at right, above Kondus glacier
Highest point
Elevation	7,422 m (24,350 ft); Ranked 63rd
Prominence	640 m (2,100 ft)
Coordinates	35°39′49″N 76°45′41″E / 35.66361°N 76.76139°E
Geography
	Sia Kangri Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan; Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China, China–Pakistan border Sia Kangri Sia Kangri (Gilgit Baltistan) Sia Kangri Sia Kangri (Ladakh) Sia Kangri Sia Kangri (India) Sia Kangri Sia Kangri (Pakistan) Sia Kangri Sia Kangri (China)
	30km; 19miles 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 ;
Parent range	Baltoro Muztagh
Climbing
First ascent	1934 by the International Himalaya Expedition led by Günther Dyhrenfurth

Sia Kangri (7,422 m, 24,350 ft) is a mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh in the Karakoram. 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 the Trans-Karakoram Tract, controlled by China under a 1963 border agreement with Pakistan but claimed by India. The land to the southeast is claimed by Pakistan and India, but controlled by India, as a part of Ladakh. Sia Kangri is the 63rd highest mountain in the world, and the 25th highest in Pakistan. The peak is on the watershed between the Indus River basin and the Tarim Basin. Indira Col which is 3 km to the east is the northernmost point under India's control.^[3]

Sia Kangri was first climbed during the 1934 International Himalaya Expedition led by the Swiss-German mountaineer Günter Dyhrenfurth.^[4] On 3 August Hans Ertl and Albert Höcht climbing with Günter and his wife Hettie Dyhrenfurth reached the western summit 7,273 m (23,862 ft).^[4] Hettie Dyhrenfurth thereby set a women's world altitude record which stood for 20 years.^[5] A few days later, on 12 August, Ertl and Höcht "climbed the central, east, and main summits of the Queen Mary group".^[4] (At that time Sia Kangri was still referred to by the name Queen Mary Peak, coined by Fanny Bullock Workman in 1912).^[6]

Lately, Pakistan has opened Sia Kangri peak for mountaineers and climbers who can obtain permission from Islamabad to summit Sia Kangri.

References

^ "Location Sia Kangri (Pakistan/China)". peakbagger.
^ Kapadia, Harish (1999). Across Peaks & Passes in Ladakh, Zanskar & East Karakoram. New Delhi, India: Indus Publishing Company. pp. 94, 185–87. ISBN 81-7387-100-0.
^ Bull’s glacier
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Karakoram". Himalayan Journal. 7. 1935. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
^ Isserman, Maurice; Weaver, Stewart (2008). Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes. Yale University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780300164206. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
^ Mehta, Soli; Kapadia, Harish (1990). Exploring the Hidden Himalaya. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 176. ISBN 9780340504499. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

[peakbagger-1] "Location Sia Kangri (Pakistan/China)". peakbagger.

[Kapadia1-2] Kapadia, Harish (1999). Across Peaks & Passes in Ladakh, Zanskar & East Karakoram. New Delhi, India: Indus Publishing Company. pp. 94, 185–87. ISBN 81-7387-100-0.

[livemint-3] Bull’s glacier

[1934int-4] "The Karakoram". Himalayan Journal. 7. 1935. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

[Isserman-5] Isserman, Maurice; Weaver, Stewart (2008). Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes. Yale University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780300164206. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

[6] Mehta, Soli; Kapadia, Harish (1990). Exploring the Hidden Himalaya. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 176. ISBN 9780340504499. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

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