K6

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K6 is a prominent 7,000-meter-class mountain in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, known among high-altitude climbers for its challenging, relatively infrequently attempted routes.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
K6 canonical 2
K6 West 2
K6 Central 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
seven-thousander
alsoKnownAs Baltistan Peak
bestClimbingSeason summer
climbingDifficulty technically difficult
climbingStatus infrequently climbed
continent Asia
country Pakistan
elevation 23887 ft
7100 m
7230 m
7282 m
firstAscentBy American expedition
Fred Beckey
Ian Welsted
James Morrissey
linked to: Jim Morrissey

Louis Reichardt NERFINISHED
Raphael Slawinski
firstAscentDate 1970-07-08
2013-08-25
firstAscentRoute North Face
West Face
geologicalType fold mountain
hasGlacier Charakusa Glacier nearby
Nangmah Valley glaciers nearby
hasSummit K6 Central
K6 East
K6 West
linked to: K6
listedIn List of highest mountains on Earth
List of mountains in Pakistan
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan
Karakoram
Pakistan
mapLabel K6
mountainRange Karakoram
nearestMajorPeak Chogolisa
Masherbrum
notableFor objective hazards such as avalanches
steep mixed and ice routes
parentRange Greater Karakoram
partOf Himalaya–Karakoram region
prominence 1922 m
6306 ft
region Baltistan
linked to: Gilgit-Baltistan
relativeLocation south of Baltoro Glacier
south of Masherbrum
subrange Masherbrum Mountains
topographicIsolation approximately 16 km
typicalAccessPoint Hushe village

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charakusa Glacier hasNearbyPeak K6 West
linked to: K6
Charakusa Glacier hasNearbyPeak K6 Central
linked to: K6
Charakusa Glacier hasNearbyPeak K6 Main
linked to: K6
K6 hasSummit K6 West
linked to: K6