Kuh-e Bandaka | |
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Kuh-e Bandaka
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Elevation | 6,812 m (22,349 ft) [1][2] |
Prominence | 2,834 m (9,298 ft) [1] |
Listing | Ultra |
Location | |
Range | Hindu Kush |
Coordinates | [1] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1960 by Wolfgang von Hansemann, Dietrich Hasse, Siegbert Heine, and Johannes Winkler[3] |
Easiest route | Glacier/snow climb |
Kuh-e Bandaka (or Kohe Bandaka, Bandako, or incorrectly Koh-i-Bandakor[3][4]) is one of the highest peaks of the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan. It is northeast of Kabul and west of Chitral. Separated by a relatively low pass from the core of the Hindu Kush, it is the highest mountain entirely within Afghanistan,[3] and the most topographically prominent peak in all of Afghanistan.[1]
On September 22, 1960, the second German expedition to visit the Hindu Kush made the first ascent of Kuh-e Bandaka. The members of the expedition were Wolfgang von Hansemann, Dietrich Hasse, Siegbert Heine, and Johannes Winkler, all from West Berlin; all attained the summit. They made four camps, with their base camp in the Dare-Sachi Valley at an altitude of 4,100 m (13,451 ft). The expedition also made multiple first ascents in the Pagar Valley of the Hindu Kush, and made meteorological and geological observations and sketch maps.[3]
There have been over fifteen subsequent ascents, via a variety of routes; however there have been no recorded ascents since 1977.[5]