Istor-o-Nal
Sign in to saveIstor-o-Nal is the third highest mountain in the Hindu Kush range, in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the 68th highest independent peak in the world. It crowns a massif with eleven peaks of elevation more than . The peak is located a few kilometres northeast of Tirich Mir (the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush), across the Tirich Glacier. Because Istor-o-Nal is behind the higher peak of Tirich Mir from many viewpoints, it is not easily visible and therefore not well known.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Istor-o-Nal
- Mountain.photo
- Tirich Mir and Falakser Peaks (Aerial).jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Istor-o-Nal, background far right
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 7403
- Mountain.elevation_ref
- Ranked 68th
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1025
- Mountain.listing
- Mountains of Pakistan
- Mountain.country
- Pakistan
- Mountain.range
- Hindu Kush
- Mountain.map
- Pakistan
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Pakistan
- Mountain.map_size
- 240
- Mountain.label_position
- bottom
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1955 by Ken Bankwala, Joseph E. Murphy, Jr., and Thomas A. Mutch
- Mountain.easiest_route
- glacier/snow/ice climb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Elevation
- 24242
- Image
- Terichmir Base camp.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- topographic prominence
- 1025
- mountain range
- Hindu Kush
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- Istor-o-Nal
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Istor-o-Nal is the third highest mountain in the Hindu Kush range, in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the 68th highest independent peak in the world. It crowns a massif with eleven peaks of elevation more than . The peak is located a few kilometres northeast of Tirich Mir (the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush), across the Tirich Glacier. Because Istor-o-Nal is behind the higher peak of Tirich Mir from many viewpoints, it is not easily visible and therefore not well known.
The word "Istoro Nal" means horseshoe in the Chitrali language (Istor means "horse"). The origin of the name is unclear.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Istor-o-Nal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations