Bilchar Dobani
Mountain peak in Gilgit-Baltistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mountain peak in Gilgit-Baltistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bilchar Dobani or Dobani Peak (Urdu: بلچھار دوبانی) is a 6,143-metre (20,154 ft) mountain peak located between Bilchar, Taisot, Haramosh and Bagrote valley, in Gilgit district of Gilgit-Baltistan, in Pakistan.[1]
Dobani Peak بلچھار دوبانی | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,143 m (20,154 ft) |
Coordinates | 35°57′20.5″N 74°37′59.0″E |
Naming | |
Native name | Bilchar-Dobani (Urdu) |
Geography | |
Location | Bagrot Valley, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan |
Parent range | Karakoram |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Isao Ikeuchi and Masaru Hashimoto on 9 June, 1979 |
Part of the Karakoram range, the mountain is located as an isolated subrange southeast of the Rakaposhi subrange and southwest of Haramosh Mountains. The western face of Dobani Peak is located in the Tesot valley, and to the north of it is the Bagrot valley. In the northwest of the mountain is the Haramosh mountains range. The mountain is 29 km (18 mi) east of the city of Gilgit. The Bagrot Valley runs along the western flank of Bilchar Dobani.[2][3]
The Bilchar Dobani was first climbed by Japanese mountaineers Isao Ikeuchi and Masaru Hashimoto via the west face and northern ridge on 9 June 1979.[4]
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