Important Mountain Ranges and Peaks of Pakistan
Important Mountain Ranges and Peaks of Pakistan
Important Mountain Ranges and Peaks of Pakistan
Pakistan is home to many mountains above 7,000 meters (22,970 ft). Five of the world's
fourteen mountains taller than 8,000 meters (26,000 ft) (Eight-Thousanders) are in Pakistan,
four of which are near Concordia in Baltoro Glacier.
Most of Pakistan's high peaks are located in the Karakoram Range, the highest of which
is K2 8611 meter long (Godwin Austen Peak) (28,251 ft), the second-highest peak on earth.
The highest peak of Himalayan range in Pakistan is Nanga Parbat (8,126 meters (26,660 ft),
which is the ninth-highest peak of the world.
Following are the mountain ranges that are fully or partially included in Pakistan:
Karakoram Range, including the world's second-highest peak, K2 (8,611 m or 28,251 ft)
Himalayan Range; highest peak in Pakistan is Nanga Parbat (8,126 meters (26,660 ft)
Koh Hindu Kush Range; highest peak is Tirich Mir (7,690 meters (25,230 ft).
Muslim Raj in northern Pakistan, part of the eastern Hindu Kush, highest peak is Koyo
Zom (6,872 m (22,546 ft).
Spīn Ghar Range, starting from Tora Bora on the border with eastern Afghanistan west of
the Khyber Pass, highest peak is Mount Sikaram (4,755 m (15,600).
Koh Sulaiman Range; highest peak is Takht-e-Sulaiman (3,487 meters (11,440 ft).
Margalla Hills in Punjab whose highest peak is Tilla Charouni (1,604 meters (5,262 ft)
Salt Range, a hill system in the Punjab Province that is abundant in salt; highest peak
is Sakaser (1,522 meters (4,993 ft)
Toba Kakar Range, a southern offshoot of the Hindu Kush Range in Balochistan
Makran Range, a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Balochistan, in Iran and
Pakistan near the coast of the Arabian Sea. The narrow coastal plain rises very rapidly into
several mountain ranges. Of its 1,000-kilometre (620 mi) extent, about 750 kilometers
(470 mi) is in Pakistan
Ras Koh Range in Balochistan
Chagai Range in Balochistan
Kirthar Range, located along the Balochistan and Sindh provincial border. It runs north-
south for about 300 kilometers (186 mi) from the Mula River in east-central Balochistan
south to Cape Muari (Cape Monze) west of Karachi on the Arabian Sea.
The Hill Station of Sindh at Gorakh, in Kirthar Mountains Range, off Dadu, at the
height of (1,734 m) (5,688 feet), averaging (1,700 m) (5,500 feet) is one of the two large
plateaus in the Sindh segment of Kirthar Mountains.
The Kirana Hills is a small and extensive rocky mountain range located near Sargodha,
Pakistan.
World Rank
Name Height (m) Location
Rank (Pakistan)
7000- 8000-Peaks
World Rank Height
Name Location Sub-Range
Rank (Pakistan) (m)
Masherbrum
22 10 Masherbrum (K1) 7821
Mountains
Rakaposhi-
27 13 Rakaposhi 7788 Haramosh
Mountains
Hindu
33 17 Tirich Mir 7708
Kush
36 18 Chogolisa I 7665 Masherbrum u
Karakoram
38 19 Shispare 7611 Batura Muztagh
41 22 Unnamed 7581
Karakoram
42 16 Trivor 7577 Shimshal
Hindu
52 19 Noshaq 7492
Kush
Rakaposhi-
58 22 Malubiting (W) 7458 Haramosh
Mountains
Rakaposhi-
67 27 Haramosh 7409 Haramosh
Mountains
Masherbrum
82 34 Baltoro Kangri 7280
Mountains
92 39 Unnamed 7300
94 41 Unnamed 7295
95 42 Malubiting C 7291
Masherbrum
97 44 Baltistan Peak (K6) 7282
Mountains
Rakaposhi-Bagrote
99 46 Diran 7266
Mountains
Malungutti
104 47 7207 Shimshal
Sar (Mulungutti)
Lupghar
109 48 7200 Shimshal
Sar (Central)
Nanga Parbat
120 59 Rakhiot Peak 7070 Himalaya
Group
Hindu
124 63 Akher Chhish 7020
Kush
6000-7000-Peaks
Karakom
K7 6934 Hushe Valley
Rhuparash 6785
Haramosh II 6666
Hindu
Blatts Yaz 6191 Ghamubar Glacier, Darkot
Kush
Hindu
Thui Zom 6158 Ghamubar Glacier, Darkot
Kush
5000-6000-Peaks
Rondu(Youlbu Valley)
Dofana Peak 5940 Himalaya
Baltistan
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Urdukas IV 5900
| Karakoram || Baltoro Glacier
Kaghan Valley/Siran
Musa ka Musalla 4100
Valley
Himalaya
Dinewar 4100
Tingrel 4085
Himalaya
Chhugam 4064
3000-4000- Peaks
Sulaiman
Highest peak, Looi Sar Naikan 3,578 m Zarghoon Ghar, Quetta
Mountains
Sulaiman
Highest peak, Lwarrh Saar 3,194 m Koh-i-Chiltan, Quetta
Mountains
Toba Kakar
Sadozaitop 3,449 m Range