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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Sickle Moon Peak | other_name = ''Bharanzar Peak''
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 6574
| elevation_ref = <ref name="pl">http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/karakoram.html</ref>
| prominence_m = 1606
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pl"/>
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
| location = [[Kishtwar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| range = [[Himalayas]]
| map = India Jammu and Kashmir
| map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir
| map_size =
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|33|36|09|N|76|07|54|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="pl"/>
| first_ascent = 1975 by Lt. Col. D. N. Tankha (India) of [[High Altitude Warfare School|HAWS]]
| easiest_route = North Ridge: glacier/snow/ice climb
}}

'''Sickle Moon Peak''' or '''Bharanzar Peak''' ({{convert|6574|m|ft|disp=or}}) is located in the [[Kishtwar Himalaya]] and is the highest summit of the range. It lies in the eastern [[Himalaya]]n range, and is {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Brammah|Brammah massis]] in [[Kishtwar]], 55 kilometers east of Kishtwar town and 195 kilometers east of [[Srinagar]], the summer capital of the [[India]]n union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].

The [[Brammah|Brammah massif]] lies south of Sickle Moon and is separated by a 12 kilometer glacier. The nearest Peaks are Brahma I {{convert|6416|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}}, Flat Top {{convert|6103|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}}, Brahma II {{convert|6485|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}}, and Arjuna {{convert|6230|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}}, listed in order from west to east.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sites.google.com/site/ecoeha/mountainexpeditions|title=Mountain expeditions|publisher=sites.google|accessdate=2012-05-26}}</ref>

==Mountaineering==
The east Kishtwar range of Brahma massif was first assessed by an [[Australian people|Australian]] team in 1939.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/45/13/a-peak-baggers-guide-to-the-eastern-kishtwar-2/|title=A PEAK BAGGER'S GUIDE TO THE EASTERN KISHTWAR: Himalayan Journal vol.45/13|website=www.himalayanclub.org|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> The eastern approaches of this Peak were explored by Fritz Kolb and his friends, the two [[Austrian people|Austrian]] mountaineers in 1947,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaplaces.com/india-tourist-destinations/jammu-and-kashmir-tourist-destinations/Kishtawar,-Jammu.html|title=Kishtwar|publisher=indiaplaces.com|accessdate=2012-05-26}}</ref> from its base at Machail and climbed two small peeks. After a period of closure, the area was again open to foreigners in the early seventies, and there was a rush to climb the obvious plums in the western region. In 1973 [[British people|British]] mountaineers Nick Escourt and [[Chris Bonington]] made an ascent of [[Brammah|Brammah I]] (6416 m) and two years later in 1975 a team of Indian [[High Altitude Warfare School]] (HAWS) led by Lt. Col. D. N. Tankha made the first ascent of this Peak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/expeditions-1973-1975/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801090315/http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/expeditions-1973-1975/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-01|title=Expeditions 1973-1975|publisher=himalayanclub|accessdate=2012-05-26}}</ref>

The massif is accessed by 145 kilometers by road from [[Srinagar]] up to [[Kishtwar|Kishtwar town]] and then 50 kilometers alpine track leads to the base of the summit.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Climbing areas of India]]
[[Category:Mountains of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Kishtwar district]]
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas]]

Sickle Moon Peak - Revision history

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