Sakar Sar
{{Short description|Mountain peak}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Sakar Sar
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 6272
| prominence_m =
| prominence_ref =
| listing =
| location = Karakoram
| range_coordinates =
| map = Pakistan#Gilgit Baltistan
| map_caption = Location in Gilgit-Baltistan
| map_size = 270
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|36|53|42|N|74|14|30|E|type:mountain_region:PK-NA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| topo =
| type =
| first_ascent = August 13, 1999 by a Japanese team
| easiest_route =
}}
Sakar Sar is a mountain peak located at 6,272 metres (20,577 ft) above sea level.{{Cite web|title=Where are the Hindu Kush Mountains?|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-tallest-peaks-of-the-hindu-kush-mountain-range.html|access-date=2021-08-18|website=WorldAtlas|date=10 January 2019|language=en-US}} It lies in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram, in part in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and in part in Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.
The first successful ascent was completed by a Japanese team in August 1999.{{Cite web|title=AAC Publications - Asia, Pakistan, Hispar Muztagh, Sakar Sar, First Ascent|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200032901/Asia-Pakistan-Hispar-Muztagh-Sakar-Sar-First-Ascent|access-date=2021-08-18|website=publications.americanalpineclub.org}}
Location
Sakar Sar is located 9 km east of the Irshad Pass on the watershed between Wachandarja in the north and Chapursan in the south.{{Cite web|title=Attractions :: Gilgit Baltistan|url=https://visitgilgitbaltistan.gov.pk/AttractionDetails?id=96|access-date=2021-08-18|website=visitgilgitbaltistan.gov.pk}} The dominance reference point is a 6,610-metre high mountain in the Karakoram, located 2.26 km east of the Koz Sar (6,677 m) . Also, a few kilometers away is Dilisang Pass, a historic and disused cross-border trading route connecting Kyrgyz people and Wakhi people settlements.{{Cite web|title=2004 Mock & O'Neil Wakhan Expedition Report|url=http://www.mockandoneil.com/stg04r2.htm|access-date=2021-08-18|website=www.mockandoneil.com}}
First ascent
On August 13, 1999, a Japanese team consisting of Akira Miyazawa, Makoto Ishikawa, Kanji Kamei, and Teruaki Suzuki and two carriers reached the summit.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tt0-o0IQopkC&dq=%22Sakar+Sar%22&pg=PA329|title=2000 American Alpine Journal|publisher=The Mountaineers Books|isbn=978-1-933056-47-0|language=en}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Karakoram}}
{{Highest points of Asia}}
Category:Mountains of Afghanistan
Category:Mountains of Pakistan
Category:Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan
Category:Mountains of the Hindu Kush
{{Badakhshan-geo-stub}}
{{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub}}