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Gasherbrum III
Elevation:	7,952 metres (26,089 feet)
Latitude:	35� 44′ N
Longitude:	76� 38′ E
Location:	Gilgit-Baltistan (China-Pakistan)
Range:	Karakoram
First ascent:	1975 by a Polish team
Easiest route:	rock/snow/ice climb

Gasherbrum III, situated between Gasherbrum II and IV of the Gasherbrum massif, is the fifteenth highest mountain in the world. It was the highest unclimbed peak up to 1974.

Gasherbrum III was first climbed in 1975 by Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krystof Zdzitowiecki of a Polish expedition.

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Categories: Mountains of China | Mountains of Pakistan | China geography stubs | Pakistan geography stubs

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	There are six Gasherbrum Peaks and Gasherbrum II, (8035 meters), is the second highest peak among the Gasherbrum Peaks on the Karakoram range.Gasherbrum in local language means "Shining Wall".
	Gasherbrum IV is (3,050m high) one of the six Gasherbrum Peaks in the Karakorum range.
	It was in 1958 that a strong Italian expedition led by Riccardo Cassin climbed Gasherbrum IV Peak 7925m/ 26,000ft through north ridge, after over-coming great climbing difficulties.

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