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Mount Sikaram

{{Short description|Mountain in Pakistan and Afghanistan}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Sikaram

| native_name = {{native name|ur|{{nq| سیکرم}}}}

| photo = Mount Sikaram 2006.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Sikaram viewed from Kurram Valley, Pakistan

| elevation_m = 4755

| elevation_ref = [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/afghan.html "Afghanistan and Central/Southern Pakistan"]. Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-27.

| prominence_m = 2295

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| listing = Ultra

| map = Afghanistan#Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan

| map_caption = Location in the Western Himalayas on Afghanistan–Pakistan border

| map_size = 300

| label_position = right

| location = Afghanistan–Pakistan Border

| country = {{enum|Afghanistan|Pakistan}}

| subdivision1_type = Provinces/Districts

| subdivision1 = {{enum|Logar|Paktia|Parachinar}}

| parent = Spin Ghar (Safed Koh), Hindu Kush,
Western Himalayas

| coordinates = {{coord|34|02|18|N|69|54|09|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Mount Sikaram (Pashto, Dari, {{Langx|ur|{{nq| سیکرم}}}}) is a mountain on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, south of the Kabul River and Khyber Pass. At {{convert|4755|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, it is the highest peak of the Spīn Ghar, or Safēd Kōh, mountain range.

Location

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Mount Sikaram is located north of the village of Peshawar in the Kurram District of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Its parent range, Spīn Ghar connects directly with the Shandūr offshoot of the Hindu Kush mountain system. Atop the range, temperatures can fall below {{convert|0|C|F|0|abbr=on}} at any time of the year.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

A small valley on the slope of Mount Sikaram encompasses a number of villages, districts, and tribal regions—many historically significant—including Peiwar, Alizai, Tari Mangal, Narai, Speena Shaga, and Khewas. The Gawi Pass, also known as the Peiwar Kotal Pass, runs between the Kurram Valley and Afghanistan's Aryub Valley; it connects the Paktia Province of Afghanistan with the Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the former FATA region of Pakistan.

History

  • 1878: British forces were victorious over Afghan forces and seized control of the Peiwar Pass in the Battle of Peiwar Kotal.
  • 1878-1879: British surveyor George Batley Scott climbed the mountain during a campaign to survey Afghanistan.Boleslaw Chwaściński: The Exploration of the Hindu Kush. In: The Alpine Journal. Bd. 71, Nr. 2 = Nr. 313, 1966, S. 199–214, hier S. 203, ([http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1966_files/AJ%201966%20199-214%20Chwascinski%20Hindu%20Kush.pdf PDF; 6.5 MB]).

See also

References

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