Being Geographer's video: Gasherbrum 5 Karakoram Mountains National Geography Pakistan

Gasherbrum V (Urdu: گاشربرم - 5‎) is a mountain in the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram range of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. Gasherbrum V گاشربرم - 5 West faces of Gasherbrum massif, V is right centre Highest pointElevation7,147 m (23,448 ft) [1]Prominence654 m (2,146 ft) [2]Coordinates35°44′N 76°37′E Geography   Gasherbrum V گاشربرم - 5 Gilgit–Baltistan (Pakistan) Parent rangeKarakoram, GasherbrumClimbingFirst ascentJuly 25, 2014 by Seong Nakjong and An Chi Young[3] Location and namingEdit The Gasherbrum massif is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya. The massif contains three of the world's 8,000 metre peaks (if one includes Broad Peak). Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean "Shining Wall", presumably a reference to the highly visible face of Gasherbrum IV; but in fact it comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) + "brum" (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means "beautiful mountain." While the four highest Gasherbrum peaks (Gasherbrum I to IV) have been named and numbered since the 19th century, Gasherbrum V (as well as its neighbour Gasherbrum VI) were only considered as "Peaks on the south ridge of Gasherbrum IV". The Swiss Geologist and Himalayan expert Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth recommended to give this independent mountain an own name and proposed in 1934 the name of "Gasherbrum V", which is now well established.[4] Gasherbrum (Urdu: گاشر برم‎) is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya on the border of the Chinese- Xinjiang province and the Gilgit-Baltistanterritory of Pakistan. The massif contains three of the world's 8,000 metre peaks (if Broad Peak is included). Although the word "Gasherbrum" is often claimed to mean "Shining Wall",[citation needed] presumably a reference to the highly visible face of Gasherbrum IV,[original research?] it comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) + "brum" (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means "beautiful mountain".[citation needed] GeographyEditPeakmetresfeetLatitude (N)Longitude (E)Prominence(m)Gasherbrum I8,08026,50935°43′27″76°41′48″2,155Broad Peak8,04726,40035°48′35″76°34′06″1,701Gasherbrum II8,03526,36235°45′27″76°39′15″1,523Gasherbrum III7,95226,08935°45′34″76°38′31″355Gasherbrum IV7,92526,00135°45′39″76°37′00″725Gasherbrum V7,14723,44835°43′45″76°36′48″654Gasherbrum VI6,97922,89735°42′30″76°37′54″520Gasherbrum VII6,95522,81839°44'19"76°36'0"165Gasherbrum Twins6,912 and 6,87722,677 and 22,56235°34'13"76°35'36"162 In 1856, Thomas George Montgomerie, a British Royal Engineers lieutenant and a member of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India, sighted a group of high peaks in the Karakoram from more than 200 km away. He named five of these peaks K1, K2, K3, K4 and K5, where the "K" denotes Karakoram. Today, K1 is known as Masherbrum, K3 as Gasherbrum IV, K4 as Gasherbrum II and K5 as Gasherbrum I. Only K2, the second highest mountain in the world, has retained Montgomerie's name. Broad Peak was thought to miss out on a K-number as it was hidden from Montgomerie's view by the Gasherbrum group.