Sangemarmar Sar

Aerial view of Sangemarmar Sar from the southeast

Sangemarmar Sar, Sangemar Mar, Sang -e- Marmar or Sangemarmur is a pyramidal peak in the Batura Muztagh a portion of the Karakoram. The name Sangemarmar (marble) was given to him because of the yellow marble strip that runs through the top.

Location and characteristics

It lies between the Muchuhar and the Shispare (or Hasanabad ) Glacier at the end of a spur ridge that runs southwest of the Pasu Sar. His low level of awareness he owes the vicinity of the much higher ambient summit, such as the Batura Sar and Rakaposhi. Because of its location at the southern end of the main ridge and its proximity to the Hunza valley, it has a very steep southern flank with a huge height difference to the local terrain. Here, the difference in altitude of 5000 m is overcome in the Hunza River, 15 km horizontal distance.

Climbing history

On 11 July 1984, a Japanese rope team from Osaka University reached the main summit of the mountain on the southwest ridge. The expedition consisted of Takashi Matsuo ( leader ), Hiromi Okuyama, Takehiro Hirota, Tokyo Kozuki, Masaya Oishi, Toru Sakakibara, Kenya Sato, Shinichi Miyata, Tomoyoshi Mizukawa, Hiroyuki Onishi and Akira Noguchi. All members reached either on the first and on the following day the summit. During their rise in expedition style they used three high camp and secured a total of 3000 meters of fixed ropes at up to 50 degrees steep ice.

According Himalayan Index, there has been until now only a successful ascent of the summit.