Gasherbrum III

Infobox Mountain
Name = Gasherbrum III
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Elevation = convert|7952|m|ft|0|lk=on
Ranked 15th (6th in Pakistan)
Location = Gilgit-Baltistan (China-Pakistan)This region is disputed; it is also claimed by India. This massif is under the control of Pakistan; it lies just north of the Line of Control.]
Range = Karakoram
Prominence = convert|355|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|35|44|N|76|38|E|type:mountain
First ascent = 1975 by a Polish team
Easiest route = snow/ice climb

Gasherbrum III is a summit in the Gasherbrum massif of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram on the border between Pakistan and China, in the region of Baltistan. It is situated between Gasherbrum II and IV.

Gasherbrum III fails to meet a 500 metre topographic prominence cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.Some sources use a lower cutoff value, and consider Gasherbrum III to be independent.]

Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the worldIn fact no summit in 1975 was both higher and more topographically prominent.] up to its first ascent in 1975, by Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krystof Zdzitowiecki, members of a Polish expedition.

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