- Buni Zom
Infobox Mountain
Name = Buni Zom
Photo = 242G131.jpg
Caption = Buni Zom Main and North from the west face of Gordoghan Zom, 2002
Elevation = 6,551 metres (21,493 feet)
Location =Pakistan
Range =Hindu Kush
Prominence = 2,845 m (9,334 ft)
Coordinates = coord|36.1|N|72.3|E|type:mountain
First ascent = 1957 by W.K.A. Berry, C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe
Easiest route =
Listing = UltraThe Buni Zom group is a prominent mountain area of
Chitral , in theHindu Kush range ofPakistan . It rises about 50 km (30 mi) northeast of the town of Chitral, and about 50 km (30 mi) east ofTirich Mir , the highest peak in the Hindu Kush.In 1957, the New Zealanders W.K.A. Berry and C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe accomplished the first ascent of the Main Peak of Buni Zom from the steep razorlike north ridge"New Zealand Alpine Journal" 17, 1958, page 283-292. However the [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi Himalayan Index] reports this ascent as having taken the Southwest Ridge.] The second ascent was in 1975 by Japaneses Masao Okabe, Hideo Sato and Shigeru TabeAmerican Alpine Journal 1976, Vol 20, Issue 50. pp 458] and third ascent was in 1979 by Americans Joe Reinhard and Richard J. Isherwood Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
Buni Zom
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