Passu Sar

Passu Sar

Passu Sar on the right
Highest point
Elevation 7,478 m (24,534 ft) 
Ranked 54th[1]
Prominence 647 m (2,123 ft) [1]
Coordinates 36°29′16″N 74°35′16″E / 36.48778°N 74.58778°E / 36.48778; 74.58778Coordinates: 36°29′16″N 74°35′16″E / 36.48778°N 74.58778°E / 36.48778; 74.58778
Geography
Passu Sar

Pakistan

Location Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Parent range Batura Muztagh, Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent August 7, 1994 by Max Wallner, Dirk Naumann, Ralf Lehmann, Volker Wurnig[2]

Passu Sar (or Passu Sar, Passu I) is a mountain peak in the Batura Muztagh, a sub-range of the Karakoram mountain range, located in the Gilgit District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, west of the Hunza Valley. It is the high point of the Passu massif, which also includes Passu Diar (or "Passu East", "Pasu II"). The peak lies on the main ridge of the Batura Muztagh, about 7 km (4 mi) east of Batura Sar.

Passu Sar was first climbed on August 7, 1994 by Max Wallner, Dirk Naumann, Ralf Lehmann, and Volker Wurnig.[2]

A view of Pasu Peaks from Gulmit

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Jerzy Wala, Batura Muztagh, orographical sketch map, Gdansk, 1988.
  2. 1 2 American Alpine Journal, 1995, p. 296.


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