Broad Peak
| Broad Peak | |
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| Falchan Kangri | |
Broad Peak from Concordia
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,051 m (26,414 ft) Ranked 12th |
| Prominence | 1,701 m (5,581 ft) |
| Isolation | 9.12 kilometres (5.67 mi) |
| Listing |
Eight-thousander Ultra |
| Coordinates | 35°48′42″N 76°33′54″E / 35.81167°N 76.56500°ECoordinates: 35°48′42″N 76°33′54″E / 35.81167°N 76.56500°E |
| Geography | |
 Broad Peak
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| Location |
Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan Xinjiang, China |
| Parent range | Karakoram |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | June 9, 1957 by an Austrian team (First winter ascent 5 March 2013 Maciej Berbeka, Adam Bielecki, Tomasz Kowalski and Artur Małek) |
| Easiest route | snow/ice climb |
Broad Peak (Urdu: بروڈ پیک) is the 12th highest mountain in the world at 8,051 metres (26,414 ft) above sea level. The literal translation of "Broad Peak" to Falchan Kangri (ཨིྰན་ཨངརི་) is not accepted among the Balti people. The English name was introduced in 1892 by the British explorer Martin Conway, in reference to the similarly named Breithorn in the Alps.
Broad Peak is part of the Gasherbrum massif in Baltistan on the border of Pakistan and China. It is located in the Karakoram mountain range about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from K2. It has a summit over 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long, thus "Broad Peak".
The mountain has several summits: Broad Peak (8051 m), Rocky Summit (8028 m), Broad Peak Central (8011 m), Broad Peak North (7490 m), and Kharut Kangri (6942 m).
The first ascent of Broad Peak was made between June 8 and 9, 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl of an Austrian expedition led by Marcus Schmuck. A first attempt by the team was made on May 29 where Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the forepeak (8,030 m). This was also accomplished without the aid of supplemental oxygen, high altitude porters nor base camp support.
On the same expedition, Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller made a flash first ascent of Skil Brum peak (7,360 m) on June 19, 1957 in pure Alpine style in 53 hours.
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