Map of the Ladakh region with Nun and Kun mountains in the west

The Nun Kun mountain massif comprises a pair of Himalayan peaks: Nun, 7,135 m (23,409 ft) and its neighbor peak Kun, 7,077 m (23,218 ft). In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to ( Dogri: जम्मू और कश्मीर Urdu: جموں و کشمیر is the northernmost state of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. In Climbing, a first ascent (FA is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a Mountain, or the first to follow a particular Climbing route A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a Mountain, rock or ice wall Ladakh ( Ladakhi lad̪ɑks लदाख لدّاخ "land of high passes" is a region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between In Geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or Flexures In the movement of the crust, a massif ^[1] Nun is the highest peak in the part of the Himalayan range lying on the Indian side of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Names Specifically the term "Line of Control" (LOC refers to the military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state ( Dogri: जम्मू और कश्मीर Urdu: جموں و کشمیر is the northernmost state of India. (There are higher peaks in the Indian part of the Karakoram range. Karakoram is a mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, China, and India, located in the regions of Gilgit, Ladakh, and ) The massif is located near the Suru valley, about 100 km (60 mi) east of Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. The Suru valley is a valley in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, which is drained by the Suru River (Indus, a tributary of the Indus river Srinagar ( Dogri: श्रीनगर Urdu: سرینگر Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر श्रीनगर is the capital of the disputed state

Kun is located north of Nun and is separated from it by a snowy plateau of about 4 km (2. In Geology and Earth science, a plateau, also called a high plateau or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting 5 mi) in length. Pinnacle Peak, 6,930 m (22,736 ft), is the third highest summit of the group.

Mountaineering

Early exploration of the massif included a visit in 1898 and three visits by Arthur Neve, in 1902, 1904, and 1910. In 1903, Dutch mountaineer Dr. H. Sillem investigated the massif and discovered the high plateau between the peaks; he reached an altitude of 6,400 m (21,000 ft) on Nun. In 1906, noted explorer couple William Hunter Workman and Fanny Bullock Workman claimed an ascent of Pinnacle Peak. Fanny Bullock Workman ( January 8, 1859 - January 22, 1925) was an American geographer cartographer, explorer and mountaineer They also toured extensively through the massif and produced a map; however, controversy surrounded the Workmans' claims, and few trigonometrical points were given for the region, so that the map they produced was not usable. ^[2]

After unsuccessful attempts to climb the mountain in 1934 and 1937, the first ascent of Nun was in 1953 by a French-Swiss-Indian-Sherpa team led by Bernard Pierre and Pierre Vittoz, via the west ridge. In Climbing, a first ascent (FA is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a Mountain, or the first to follow a particular Climbing route This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For other uses of the word Sherpa see Sherpa (disambiguation. The summit pair comprised Vittoz, a Moravian missionary to the Tibetans and an experienced alpinist, and Claude Kogan, a pioneering female mountaineer. ^[3] Since then, other routes have been pioneered. ^[2][4] The north-west face was first ascended in 1977 by six climbers from a Czech expedition.

Italian mountaineer Mario Piacenza made the first ascent of Kun in 1913, via the north-east ridge. Mario Piacenza was an Italian mountain climber ethnologist and explorer Fifty-eight years passed before the second recorded attempt on the peak, which resulted in a successful ascent by an expedition from the Indian Army. The Indian Army (Bharatiya Thalsena भारतीय थाल्सेना is one of the armed forces of India and has the responsibility for land-based ^[2]

The massif is most conveniently accessed from the road connecting Kargil and Leh. Kargil ( Hindi: कारगील; kərɡɪl is a district of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Leh ( was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh District in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India

References

1. ^ Figures for Kun's elevation vary between 7,035 m and 7,086 m.
2. ^ ^{a b c} High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks by Jill Neate, ISBN 0-89886-238-8
3. ^ Pierre Vittoz, Ascent of the Nun, in The Mountain World: 1954 (Marcel Kurz, ed. ), George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. , London, 1954.
4. ^ Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, Himalaya Alpine Style, Hodder and Stoughton, 1995

External links

• Suru and Zanskar valley
• Topography of Nun Kun ex Geographical Journal 1920