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[[Image:K2 8611.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[K2]], the 2nd highest of the world]] |
[[Image:K2 8611.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[K2]], the 2nd highest of the world]] |
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[[Image:7 15 BroadPeak.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Broad Peak]], the 12th highest peak in the world]] |
[[Image:7 15 BroadPeak.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Broad Peak]], the 12th highest peak in the world]] |
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'''Askole''', '''Askoli''', or '''Askoly''' ({{lang-ur|اسکولی}}) is a small town located in [[Shigar Valley]], in the [[Gilgit–Baltistan]] region of [[Pakistan]]. Askole is located in a remote region of the [[Karakoram]] mountains, and is notable |
'''Askole''', '''Askoli''', or '''Askoly''' ({{lang-ur|اسکولی}}) is a small town located in [[Shigar Valley]], in the [[Gilgit–Baltistan]] region of [[Pakistan]]. Askole is located in a remote region of the [[Karakoram]] mountains, and is notable for being the final settlement before one enters the wilderness of the high Karakorams. |
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Askole is the gateway to four of the world's 14 highest peaks known as [[Eight-thousander]]s (above 8,000m),<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/7/Askole.html Location of Askole - Falling Rain Genomics]</ref> and is launchpad for mountaineering expeditions to [[K2]]. |
Askole is the gateway to four of the world's 14 highest peaks known as [[Eight-thousander]]s (above 8,000m),<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/7/Askole.html Location of Askole - Falling Rain Genomics]</ref> and is launchpad for mountaineering expeditions to [[K2]]. |
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Revision as of 02:28, 18 April 2018
Askole, Askoli, or Askoly (Template:Lang-ur) is a small town located in Shigar Valley, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. Askole is located in a remote region of the Karakoram mountains, and is notable for being the final settlement before one enters the wilderness of the high Karakorams.
Askole is the gateway to four of the world's 14 highest peaks known as Eight-thousanders (above 8,000m),[1] and is launchpad for mountaineering expeditions to K2.
Expeditions
Expeditions to the following peaks are launched from Askole:
- K2, second highest of the world at 8611m
- Gasherbrum I, 11th highest of the world at 8,080m.
- Broad Peak, 12th highest of the world at 8,047m.
- Gasherbrum II, 13th highest of the world at 8,035m.
- Gasherbrum III, 7,946m. (Often regarded as a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.)
- Gasherbrum IV, 17th highest of the world at 7,932m.
- Masherbrum (K1), 22nd highest of the world at 7,821m.
- Chogolisa, 36th highest of the world at 7,665m.
- Muztagh Tower, 7,273m.
- Snow Dome, 7,160m.
- Biarchedi, 6,781m
- Trango Towers, 6,363m, the highest cliffs of the world.
- Mitre Peak, 6,010m.
See also
References
35°41′N 75°49′E / 35.683°N 75.817°E