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Chakragil (or Chagragil, Chakar Aghil, Kingata Tagh [or Kingata Tagh II, see below]) is a major mountain in Xinjiang, China. It is located about 100 kilometres (60 mi) southwest of Kashgar, about 60 kilometres (40 mi) due north of Muztagh Ata, and 37 kilometres (23 mi) northwest of Kongur Tagh.[4] It is in the subrange known as the Kingata Shan, generally included in the "Eastern Pamirs" [5] as it (and the neighboring Kongur Shan range) are separated by the major Yarkand River valley from the extreme northwest end of the Kunlun Mountains, near the Pamir Mountains. The Gez River flows just south of the mountain.[6]

Chakragil
Chakragil
Location in China
Highest point
Elevation6,760 m (22,180 ft)[1][2]
Prominence2,934 m (9,626 ft)[1]
Ranked 103th
Isolation22 km (14 mi) 
ListingUltra
Coordinates38°51′57″N 75°06′30″E[1][3]
Geography
LocationXinjiang, China
Parent rangeKunlun Mountains
Climbing
First ascentSeptember 1, 1988 by Misao Hirano, Minoru Hachisu, Kenji Nakayama
Easiest routeglacier/snow climb

Due to its remote location, Chakragil is a little-visited peak. It was attempted by the noted mountaineering pair Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman in September, 1948. However they only reached a height of about 5,200 m (17,000 ft). On September 1, 1988, Japanese leader Misao Hirano, together with Minoru Hachisu and Kenji Nakayama, made the first ascent of the mountain.[4] The peak was climbed again in 2000 by Mark Newcomb, alone, via the west ridge.[7] The Himalayan Index lists no other ascents or attempts.

Names of peaks and ranges in this area are often uncertain. Chakragil is one of the peaks in the Kingata Shan, but it is unclear which of these peaks it should be identified with. For the purposes of this article (in particular the topographic prominence value), it is treated as identical with Kingata Tagh, the highest peak of the Kingata Shan. If this identification is incorrect (in particular, Chakragil may actually be Kingata Tagh II), it is unclear what peak(s) were climbed in 1988 and 2001, and it further uncertain as to whether Kingata Tagh has been climbed.[8] A map of Central Asia published by Map Link shows a 6,760 metres (22,180 ft) mountain north of the Gez river which it calls 'Karabekter Tagh'. It shows Chakragil as a small lake to the southwest. The mountain is just north of the Karakorum Highway.


Notes


  1. "China II: Sinkiang - Xinjiang". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  2. Other sources give the height as 6,725 m (22,064 ft); see the AAJ 1989 reference and the Tilman reference. Also see the discussion about Kingata Tagh.
  3. Note that the Himalayan Index has a seriously incorrect latitude for this peak.
  4. "Chagragil", American Alpine Journal, 1989, p. 293.
  5. N. O. Arnaud; M. Brunel; J. M. Cantagrel; P. Tapponnier (1993). "High cooling and denudation rates at Kongur Shan, Eastern Pamir (Xinjiang, China)". Tectonics. 12 (3): 1335–1346. doi:10.1029/93TC00767.
  6. H. W. Tilman, China to Chitral (1951), in The Seven Mountain-Travel Books (The Mountaineers, 2003), ISBN 0-89886-960-9, pp. 712-726.
  7. "Chakragil, West Ridge", American Alpine Journal, 2001, p. 403.
  8. A detailed discussion of the range appears at the Kingata Tagh page on Summitpost Archived 2007-05-23 at the Wayback Machine.

На других языках


[de] Chakragil

Der Chakragil (auch Chagragil) ist ein 6760 m hoher vergletscherter Berg im östlichen Pamir-Gebirge in Xinjiang (VR China).
- [en] Chakragil

[fr] Chakragil

Le Chakragil ou Kingata Tagh (II) est un sommet situé en République populaire de Chine, dans l'État de Xinjiang. Il culmine à 6 760 mètres d'altitude dans le chaînon Kashgar qui est une zone de transition entre la cordillère du Kunlun à laquelle il est généralement rattaché, et le Pamir. Il se trouve à 37 km au nord-ouest du Kongur, point culminant de la chaîne.

[ru] Чакрагил

Чакрагил (англ. Chakragil) — горная вершина в Куньлуне в Синьцзян-Уйгурском автономном районе Китая высотой 6760 метров над уровнем моря. Первое восхождение на вершину Чакрагил совершили участники японской экспедиции Мисао Хирано (руководитель экспедиции), Минору Хачису и Кэндзи Накаяма 1 сентября 1988 года.



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