Saraghrar
Saraghrar () is the fourth-highest independent peak in the Hindu Kush and located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The entire Saraghrar massif is a huge, irregularly stretched plateau at elevation around , lying above vertical granite and ice faces, which protects it all around. Its distinct summits are poorly identified, and information gathered from expeditions that have visited the area is often misleading. The main summits are: NE summit (), northwest summit (), southwest summit (), south summit (), and southeast summit ().
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- 7340
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- Ranked 77th
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- 1979
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- Pakistan
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- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Saraghrar () is the fourth-highest independent peak in the Hindu Kush and located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The entire Saraghrar massif is a huge, irregularly stretched plateau at elevation around , lying above vertical granite and ice faces, which protects it all around. Its distinct summits are poorly identified, and information gathered from expeditions that have visited the area is often misleading. The main summits are: NE summit (), northwest summit (), southwest summit (), south summit (), and southeast summit ().
==Climbing history== thumb|left|Franco Alletto (left) and Paolo Consiglio during the 1959 ascent thumb|The "ice tower" In 1958, a British team led by Ted Norrish made the first attempt on the northeast summit (). This expedition was stopped by the death of member P. S. Nelson.