The Crown (mountain)

{{Short description|Mountain in Xinjiang, China}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = The Crown

| other_name = Huang Guan Shan

| photo = Huang_Guan_Shan.jpg

| photo_caption = The Crown (bottom left) with K2, Broad Peak and Gasherbrum group above

| elevation_m = 7295

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=18664|title=The Crown|accessdate=17 September 2011}}
Ranked 84th

| prominence_m = 1919

| prominence_ref = {{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/karakoram.html|title=Karakoram and India/Pakistan Himalayas Ultra-Prominences|publisher=Peaklist.org|accessdate=17 September 2011}}

| map = China Xinjiang Southern

| map_caption = Location in the Xinjiang

| map_size = 250

| map_image={{Karakoram OSM}}

| label_position =

| listing = Ultra

| location = Xinjiang, China

| range = Yengisogat, Karakoram

| coordinates = {{coord|36|06|30|N|76|12|45|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| first_ascent = 1993 by a Japanese team[http://www.summitpost.org/mount-crown-huangguan/152162#chapter_6 First ascent details on Summitpost] Retrieved 19 September 2011.

| easiest_route = YDS Grade VI

}}

{{chinese

|s=皇冠山

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The Crown, also known as Huang Guan Shan and sometimes Crown Peak, is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in China. It is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. About 42 kilometers from Chogori Peak. Its summit has an elevation of {{convert|7295|m|ft|0}} and it is the highest peak in the Yengisogat subrange of the Karakoram.

A detailed account of the unsuccessful British military summit attempt (1987), was written by Hugh McManners entitled "Crowning the Dragon", published by HarperCollins in 1989 {{ISBN|0586204253}}.

The summit was first climbed in 1993 by a Japanese expedition of the Tōkai branch of the Japanese Alpine Club.