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{{Short description|Massif in the eastern Karakoram}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Rimo I
| elevation_m = 7385
| elevation_ref = <ref name="Peakbagger.com" /> [[List of highest mountains|Ranked 71st]]
| prominence_m = 1438
| prominence_ref = <ref name="Peakbagger.com" />
| range = [[Rimo Muztagh]], [[Karakoram]]
| location = [[India]]<ref name="bbc" group=notes>India is in ''de facto'' control of this region of Kashmir; the region is claimed by [[Pakistan]]. See e.g. ''[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/03/kashmir_future/html/default.stm The Future of Kashmir]'' on the [[BBC]] website.</ref>
| coordinates = {{coord|35|21|21|N|77|22|05|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| first_ascent = July 28, 1988 by Nima Dorje Sherpa, [[Tsewang Samanla]] (India); Yoshio Ogata, Hideki Yoshida (Japan)
| easiest_route = South Face/Southwest Ridge
| image =
| image_caption =
| map = Karakoram#India Ladakh#India
| map_caption = Location of the Rimo Massif within the greater [[Karakoram]] region
| image_map = {{Karakoram OSM}}
| label = Rimo Massif
| label_position = top
| map_size =
| mapframe = no
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| other_name = Rimo Kangri I
}}
{{infobox Chinese
| s = 里莫I峰
}}

The '''Rimo Massif''' lies in the northern part of the remote [[Rimo Muztagh]], a subrange of the [[Karakoram]] [[mountain range|range]]. It is located about 20 km northeast of the snout of the [[Siachen Glacier]] and its main summit, '''Rimo I''' (alternatively Rimo Kangri I) is the world's [[List of highest mountains|71st highest mountain]] with an elevation of {{convert|7385|m|ft|0}}. The massif heads the large Central Rimo Glacier (on the north side) and South Rimo Glacier (on the east side), as well as the smaller North Terong Glacier (on the west side).

''Rimo'' means "striped mountain".<ref name="American Alpine Journal-1986a" /> The Rimo Glacier, drains to the [[Shyok River|Shyok]] river. Due to its remote location in the heart of the eastern Karakoram, Rimo was little-known and almost entirely unvisited until the twentieth century. Explorers [[Filippo De Filippi (explorer)|Filippo De Filippi]] and Philip and Jenny Visser visited the area in 1914 and 1929 respectively. Adding to its isolation is the unsettled political and military situation between India and [[Pakistan]] in the region, especially the [[Siachen conflict|conflict around the nearby Siachen Glacier]]. This means that India controls access to the massif.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
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{{Annotation|170|284|color=white|South Terong Glacier}}
{{Annotation|10|330|color=white|[[Siachen Glacier|Siachen]]}}
{{Annotation|40|350|color=white|[[Siachen Glacier|Glacier]]}}
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==Peaks==
The Rimo Massif consists of six peaks sharing the Rimo name. In addition to Rimo I, they are:
{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
! Peak name
! Alternative name
! Elevation m (ft)
! [[Topographic prominence|Prominence]] m (ft)
! Coordinates
|-
||Rimo II<ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=35586 |name=Rimo II, India |access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
| Rimo Kangri II
| align="center" | {{convert|7373|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| align=center | {{convert|73|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|21|N|77|22|E|name=Rimo II}}
|-
||Rimo III<ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=18673 |name=Rimo III, India |access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
| Rimo Kangri III
| align="center" | {{convert|7233|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| align=center | {{convert|615|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|22|31|N|77|21|42|E|name=Rimo II}}
|-
||Rimo IV<ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=35585 |name=Rimo IV, India |access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
| Rimo Kangri IV
| align="center" | {{convert|7169|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| align=center | {{convert|329|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|23|N|77|23|E|name=Rimo IV}}
|-
||Rimo V<ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=35237 |name=Rimo V, India |access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
| Rimo Kangri V
| align="center" | {{convert|6882|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| align=center | {{convert|262|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|24|N|77|23|E|name=Rimo V}}
|-
||Rimo VI<ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=35236 |name=Rimo VI, India |access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
| Rimo Kangri VI
| align="center" | {{convert|6846|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| align=center | {{convert|446|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|25|N|77|23|E|name=Rimo VI}}
|}
'''Rimo II''' is a minor subpeak located about {{convert|150|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} northeast of Rimo I, on its north ridge. The others are more independent peaks further north.

'''Rimo III''' is the [[List of highest mountains|98th highest mountain]] in the world (Rimo II is unranked, lacking sufficient [[topographic prominence|prominence]]). Rimo III has an altitude of 7,233  <abbr>m</abbr>. It is located about 2.4 km north of Rimo Kangri I (7385 m) and its subsidiary peak Rimo Kangri II ( 7373  <abbr>m</abbr> ), with which it is connected by a ridge. On its northern slope lies the Middle Rimo Glacier, on the southeast slope the Southern Rimo Glacier. On the southwest slope of the mountain flows the Northern Terong Glacier.

'''Rimo IV''', or Rimo Kangri IV is 7,169 <abbr>m</abbr> high and located 1.6 km to the east of Rimo III. It is considered a secondary peak due to its low ridge height of 329 m.

'''Rimo V''' is 1.95 km beyond Rimo IV, and rises to an altitude of 6,882 m.

'''Rimo Kangri VI''' sits 2.59 km north-northwest and rises 6,846 m.

==Climbing history==
The first attempts on the Rimo Massif were in 1978, by a Japanese expedition which had little success, in 1984 (first ascent of Rimo IV, by an Indian army expedition) and in 1985, by a well-organized Indian/[[United Kingdom|British]] expedition led by famed Himalayan expert [[Harish Kapadia]]. That expedition climbed Rimo III on 14 July 1985 and was summited by Britons Dave Wilkinson and Jim Fotheringham via the northeast ridge.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-02 |title=UKC Gear – Brit Climbing Team to Climb Southwest Face of Rimo III |url=http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/press.php?id=4676 |access-date=2024-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160719/http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/press.php?id=4676 |archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Himalayan Index – Results of Search by Group |url=http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/screen3.php?act=1 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.alpine-club.org.uk |archive-date=2020-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504083847/http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/screen3.php?act=1 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="American Alpine Journal-1986b" />

The first, and only ascent of Rimo I was made in 1988 by an Indian/Japanese team led by Hukam Singh and Yoshio Ogata. They climbed the south face to the southwest ridge, starting from a significant pass called Ibex Col on the south side of the mountain. The ascent involved 1500 m of significant technical climbing.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

==See also==
* [[List of highest mountains on Earth]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=notes}}

==References==
<references>
<ref name="American Alpine Journal-1986a">
{{cite aaj |article_id=12198626601 |title=Asia, India–Karakoram, Nomenclature in the Terrong Valley |year=1986 |volume=28 |issue=60 |page=266 |access-date=2015-02-15}}</ref>
<ref name="American Alpine Journal-1986b">
{{Cite aaj |title=India–Karakoram, Rimo III and Other Peaks in the Terong Basin, Eastern Karakoram |article_id=12198626102 |year=1986 |links=off |access-date=2024-07-26}}</ref>
<ref name="Peakbagger.com">
{{cite peakbagger |pid=18674 |name=Rimo I, India |access-date=2015-02-16}}</ref>
</references>

===Sources===
* Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
* {{cite book |author1=Fanshawe, Andy |author2=Venables, Stephen |title=Himalaya Alpine-Style |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |year=1995}}

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[[Category:Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram]]

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