Teram Kangri

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The Teram Kangri group ( Chinese: Tèlāmùkǎnlì特拉 木 坎 力) is a mountain massif in the Siachen Muztagh, a portion of the Karakoram.

Location and characteristics

The highest summit of the Group and of the Siachen Muztagh is the Teram Kangri I. He lies on the border between China and the disputed Siachen Glacier area near the Line of Control between India and Pakistan. The northeast side of the summit is on Chinese territory and the south in India.

Climbing history

Teram Kangri I was first climbed on 12 August 1975 guided by H. Katayama Japanese expedition, which received permission from the Pakistani government for it. After a lengthy approach on the La Bilafond the roped by Kazuo Kodaka and Yasunori Kobayashi came to the West ridge of Teram Kangri II, they exceeded and reached over the eastern ridge of the main summit. Teram Kangri II ( 7406m ) was then mounted on 12 and 13 August 1975 by all other expedition members. Teram Kangri III ( 7382m ) was first climbed in 1979 by Japanese climbers.

In 1978 there were in the Siachen glacier region politically motivated activities of the Pakistani Army, whereupon Kangri II was boarded by a guided Colonel N. Kumar Indian Army expedition in return the Teram to continue to claim the Siachen Glacier area. Teram Kangri II has since been just one more time 1992, which approached from an expedition through Indian territory, climbed.