Broad Peak
#12 in WorldPakistan/China
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Elevation
8,051 m
Coordinates
35.8117, 76.5658
Category
mountains
Overview
12th highest - named for its unusually wide, multi-summit ridgeline.
About
Broad Peak is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China. It is the 12th highest mountain in the world at 8,051 metres (26,414 ft) elevation above sea level. The first ascent of this mountain was in June 1957, accomplished by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl as part of an Austrian expedition.
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