Qogir

Mount Qogir is the best peak of the Karakorum Mountains and lies at the boundary between China and Pakistan. It is one of the highest mountains in China withinside the globe (8,611 meters). The Mount holds a pyramidal shape, and is extraordinarily rugged, with ice cliffs status erectly, marks of snowslips everywhere on the surfaces of steep slopes. At the pinnacle of the Mount is an ice slope growing barely from north to south, proudly owning a relatively large area. Many slopes on its north face are status close to vertically, with a median grade of over 45°.

From the base camp on the north aspect to the very crest, the distinction of vertical elevation reaches exceedingly to 4700 meters, the most important parent withinside the global amongst all peaks over 8000 meters high. Qogir Glacier lies at the north aspect of the Mount, with extraordinarily diverse landforms. The floor of the glacier could be very fragmented, with ice cracks interveined every different visibly or invisibly. West of the glacier is a valley with common rolling rocks, icefalls, and snowslips. In the long term, the Mount is well-known for its issue ascending. So ways it has now no longer been conquered by Chinese mountaineers yet.

Height: 8,611 meters

Location: on the border between Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China, and Baltistan, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan