The Masherbrum Mountains () are a subrange of the Karakoram mountains, located in Ghanche District in the Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Geography

The Masherbrum Mountains are located on the south side of the Baltoro Glacier. The southern side of the range, in the Indus River basin, is drained by the Hushe River.

Masherbrum Mountains

While not as famous as the Baltoro Muztagh mountains, which lies across the Baltoro Glacier, the Masherbrum Mountains contain some of the highest peaks in the world (highest ). They attract climbers from around the planet.

Masherbrum Mountains

Selected peaks

The following is a table of the peaks in the Masherbrum Mountains which are over in elevation and have over of topographic prominence. (This is a common criterion for peaks of this stature to be independent.)

Masherbrum Mountains

Other peaks

Other notable peaks include the following ones in the Hushe Valley region: Link Sar, 7,041 m K7, 6,934 m Kapura, 6,544 m Drifika, 6,447 m

See also

List of mountains in Pakistan

List of highest mountains

Sources

Jerzy Wala, Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990. Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, Himalaya Alpine-Style, Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.

Mountain ranges of the Karakoram

Mountain ranges of Gilgit-Baltistan