Skyang Kangri

File:Skyang Kangri.jpg
Skyang Kangri in 1986

Skyang Kangri is a 7,545 metres (24,754 ft) mountain in the Karakoram range, in China and Pakistan.[1] It is also known as Staircase Peak.[2] It is the 44th highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Hideki Nagata and Yoshioki Fujioji, by the east ridge route in 1976. The expedition was led by G.Mitsui.[3]

File:Skyang Kangri from K2 by Elia Saikaly.jpg
The southeast pillar and southwest face of Skyang Kangri as viewed from K2's Abruzzi Spur.

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