Kun Peak

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title: "Kun Peak" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["seven-thousanders-of-the-himalayas", "climbing-areas-of-india", "mountains-of-ladakh"] description: "Mountain in Ladakh, India" topic_path: "geography/india" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kun_Peak" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Ladakh, India ::

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Field	Value
name	Kun Peak
photo	Kun Summit Sunset.jpg
photo_caption	Kun Peak
elevation_m	7077
elevation_ref
map	India Ladakh
map_caption	Kun Peak on a map of Ladakh
label_position	right
location	Suru Valley, Kargil, Ladakh, India
range	Himalaya
coordinates
coordinates_ref
first_ascent	1913 by Mario Piacenza and Lorenzo Borelli, Italy
easiest_route	Northeast Ridge: glacier/snow/ice climb
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| name = Kun Peak | photo = Kun Summit Sunset.jpg | photo_caption = Kun Peak | elevation_m = 7077 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = | map = India Ladakh | map_caption = Kun Peak on a map of Ladakh | label_position = right | location = Suru Valley, Kargil, Ladakh, India | range = Himalaya | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = 1913 by Mario Piacenza and Lorenzo Borelli, Italy | easiest_route = Northeast Ridge: glacier/snow/ice climb

The Kun Peak is a part of Nun Kun mountain massif in Ladakh, India. It is the second highest summit of the massif with elevation of 7077 m in the western Himalayan Range, located near the Suru valley, on the road connecting Kargil and Zanskar. It is located about 61 km south of Kargil and 141 km west of Leh.

The Kun Peak is located north of Nun Peak 7135 m which is the highest summit of the massif and is separated from it by a snowy plateau of 4 km in length, in the northeast just at a distance of 2 km rises another peak of the massif known as Pinnacle Peak 6930 m.

Mountaineering

The Nun Kun massif was first sighted 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 6400 m on Nun. In 1906, the Pinnacle Peak was first ascended by a noted explorer couple Fanny Bullock Workman and her husband William Hunter Workman. 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. The Kun Peak was first successfully climbed by an Italian mountaineering team led by Mario Piacenza, Lorenzo Borelli in August 1913.

The massif is accessed by a 210 km road from Srinagar NH 1D up to Kargil and then 80 km via Kargil Zanskar road.

References

References

1. "The Karakoram, Pakistan Himalaya and India Himalaya (north of Nepal)".
2. "Summit on Kargil Zanaskar road". indiatravelogue.com.
3. (17 February 2012). "Fanny Bullock Workman". Harvard Magazine.
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5. "Mountain climbing". kstours.org.
6. Irving. (1913). "Signor Mario Piacenza’s expedition to Kashmir, first ascent of Nun Kun (higher summit)". Alpine Journal.

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