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Broad Peak
Falchan Kangri
Broad Peak from Concordia
Highest point
Elevation8,051 m (26,414 ft)[1]
Ranked 12th
Prominence1,701 m (5,581 ft)[1]
Listing
  • Eight-thousander
  • Ultra
Coordinates35°48′42″N 76°33′54″E / 35.81167°N 76.56500°E / 35.81167; 76.56500
Naming
Native nameبروڈ پیک (Urdu)
Geography
Broad Peak is located in Karakoram
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Location of Broad Peak
Broad Peak is located in Gilgit Baltistan
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Broad Peak (Gilgit Baltistan)
Broad Peak is located in Southern Xinjiang
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Broad Peak (Southern Xinjiang)
LocationBaltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan
Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China, China–Pakistan border,
Parent rangeKarakoram
Climbing
First ascentJune 9, 1957 by an Austrian team
(First winter ascent 5 March 2013 Maciej Berbeka, Adam Bielecki, Tomasz Kowalski and Artur Małek)
Easiest routesnow/ice climb
Map
Broad Peak
Traditional Chinese布洛阿特峰

Broad Peak (Balti: ཕ༹ལ་ཆན་གངས་རི་།, romanized: Falchan Kangri, lit. 'Broad Peak'; Urdu: بروڈ پیک)[2] 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 with 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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  2. ^ "Broad Peak: 12th Highest Mountain in the World". About.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2011-08-20.

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