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{{Short description|Mountain peak}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Kataklik Kangri I & II
| photo = File:Albumblad_met_vier_fotos._Linksboven_Gletsjer_in_de_Shyok-vallei_tegenover_Kat,_Bestanddeelnr_34_43.jpg
| photo_caption = Album sheet with four photos. Top left: Glacier in the Shyok Valley opposite Kataklik; lower left: the coolies of the expedition in the camp in the Shyok Valley opposite Kataklik; top right: a glacier in the Shyok Valley; bottom right: the expedition camp in the Shyok Valley. Photo album by [[Philips Christiaan Visser]]: Third Karakorum Expedition, Burma, Dutch East Indies 1930
| elevation_m = 6897
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| prominence_m = 1548
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| location = [[Aksai Chin]]/[[Ladakh]]
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'''Kataklik Kangri''' (or ''Kataklik Kangri I & II'') are two of the highest mountains in the mountain group which is located in the east of the [[Shyok River]]'s upper reaches, which lies in the far west of the [[Transhimalaya]].

== Locations ==

''Kataklik Kangri massif'' has two prominent peaks.

* ''Kataklik Kangri I'' is at 6,897 m /22,628 ft [[above sea level]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kataklik Kangri I|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/kataklik-kangri-i.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=PeakVisor|language=en}}</ref> It is located on the [[Line of Actual Control]] (armistice line) between [[Aksai Chin]] ([[China]]) and the Indian Union territory of [[Ladakh]]. The prominence is 1,548m/5,079 ft. The glaciers on its flanks are drained via [[Shyok River]]. (Coordinates: 34°56'29.4"N, 78°10'57.1"E)

* ''Kataklik Kangri II'' is at 6,820 m /22,375 ft [[above sea level]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kataklik Kangri II|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/kataklik-kangri-ii.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=PeakVisor|language=en}}</ref> It is located 4.9 km south-southeast of ''Kataklik Kangri I.'' The prominence is 1,564m/1,850 ft. (Coordinates: 34°54'09.7"N, 78°12'25.3"E)

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There are no records of ascents (for either peak) in the ''Himalayan Index.'' And till 2005, some explorers' travelogues claimed that the peaks were ''"completely unknown, never been attempted or explored".''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kapadia|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-5l1RhMStxgC&pg=PA219&dq=Kataklik+Kangri&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiH--DH4tjyAhWDXCsKHV2yArMQ6AEwAHoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=Kataklik%20Kangri&f=false|title=Into the Untravelled Himalaya: Travels, Treks, and Climbs|date=2005|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-181-8|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Mountains of the Transhimalayas]]
[[Category:Wikipedia requested photographs by location]]
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Transhimalayas]]
[[Category:Mountains of Ladakh]]

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Kataklik Kangri - Revision history

->RPSkokie at 16:32, 31 August 2021