Batura Muztagh

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name=Batura Muztagh|native_name=

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image_caption=Aerial view of part of the Batura Muztagh from the southeast
country=Pakistan
state_type=Region
region=Gilgit District
parent=Karakoram|border=| border1=
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area= | length=| length_orientation=
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highest=Batura Sar
highest_elevation=7795
highest_lat_d=36|highest_lat_m=30|highest_lat_s=36|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=74|highest_long_m=31|highest_long_s=37|highest_long_EW=E

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Batura Muztagh is a sub-range of the Karakoram mountain range. It is located in the Gilgit District of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, west of the Hunza Valley. It is the westernmost sub-range of the Karakoram; it runs from Chalt village, in Bar valley, on the east, to Kampir Dior in the Kurumbar valley, which separates the Pamir and Hindu Kush ranges from the Karakoram.__NOTOC__

elected peaks in the Batura Muztagh

Notes

# This data is from the [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index] and is not always correct. In particular it is not clear if Batura Sar has really had four ascents or only three.
# Sometimes called Batura I.
# Sometimes called Ultar II or Bojohagur Duanasir II.
# Also known as Sang-e-Marmar (or Sangemarmar), and sometimes referred to by locals as Marble Peak.
# The heights given for this peak vary between 6949m and 7050m.
# This elevation is approximate.

Books/pamphlets/maps about Batura Muztagh

*"High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks" by Jill Neate, ISBN 0-89886-238-8
*"Batura Mustagh" (sketch map and pamphlet) by Jerzy Wala, 1988.
*"Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram" by Jerzy Wala, 1990. Published by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research.

ee also

* List of mountains in Pakistan
* Northern Areas, Pakistan
* Highest Mountains of the World

External links

* [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index]
* [http://blankonthemap.free.fr/1_accueil/index.php?code=20050505 A clickable map of the Batura Muztagh]
* [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html#himalayas DEM files for the Himalaya] (Corrected versions of SRTM data; look for the "Batura Sar" tile)