Haramosh

Author: Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Jammu and Kashmir Physical Map

Haramosh (हरामोश) is a mountain located in the Karakoram range of the Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan.

Variants

• Urdu: ہراموش چوٹی;
• Haramosh or Peak 58
• Haramosh Peak

Location

Its height is also often given as 7,409m. Haramosh lies about 65 kilometres east of Gilgit, in the south-central region of the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It rises steeply above the north bank of the Indus River, a little ways upstream of its confluence with the Gilgit River. The massif has two summits, Haramosh Peak and Haramosh Kutwal Laila Peak.

History

H. W. Bellew writes....The aboriginal inhabitants of Kashmir and the mountainous country to its north were of the Naga race, and the name may survive in the above modern Nagar district. There seems to be some confusion between the Yashkun and Burish of Yasin, etc. ; in the Kunjud country of Hunza and Nagar the people call themselves Burish, but are called Yashkun by the Shin. They are settled agriculturists, and are ruled by families of different descent from themselves.....In Ponyal and Haramosh the inhabitants are Yashkun, and speak Shina, so that the Burishki or Khajuna, it would seem, is the dialect peculiar to the Burisho or Wurshik, rather than that of the Yashkun.

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The peak was first scaled in 1958 by an Austrian team consisting of Heini Roiss, Stephan Pauer, and Dr. Franz Mandl.

According to the Himalayan Index, there have been only three more ascents, in 1978 (Japanese, West Ridge), 1979 (unknown party/route), and 1988 (Polish, Southwest Face).

हरामोश

हरामोश, जो पर्वत 58 (Peak 58) भी कहलाता है, काराकोरम पर्वतमाला का एक पर्वत है जो विश्व का 67वाँ सर्वोच्च पर्वत भी है। यह राकापोशी के समीप स्थित है और काराकोरम की जिस उपश्रेणी में यह दोनों खड़े हैं उसे राकापोशी-हरामोश पर्वतमाला कहा जाता है। प्रशासनिक रूप से यह पाक-अधिकृत कश्मीर के गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान क्षेत्र में है, जिसे भारत अपने जम्मू और कश्मीर राज्य का भाग मानता है। हरामोश गिलगित शहर से 65 किमी दूर सिन्धु नदी के उत्तरी किनारे पर खड़ा है।