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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Sunset Peak
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 5200
| elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| prominence_m = 1942
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
| location = At the border of [[Poonch district, India|Poonch district]] and [[Shopian district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| range = [[Pirpanjal Range]], [[Himalayas]]
| map = India Jammu and Kashmir
| map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|33|40|48|N|74|32|27|E|type:mountain_region:IN-JK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| first_ascent = 1901 by Dr Arthur Neve, Dr Ernest Neve (Brothers), [[United Kingdom]]
| easiest_route = North Ridge: glacier/snow/ice climb
}}

'''Sunset Peak''' also known as '''Romesh Thong'''<ref name=koausa/> is a mountain [[massif]] with a peak elevation<ref name=kashmir_info/> of {{convert|4745|m|ft|0}}, located at the border of [[Poonch district, India|Poonch]] [[district]] and [[Shopian district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is the highest peak of this massif, the other peak is [[Tatakooti Peak]] {{convert|4725|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, Sunset Peak, as the name suggests lies in the west of The [[Vale of Kashmir]] as a whole. It is located 40 km west of [[Shopian|Shopian town]], 105 km southwest of [[Srinagar]], the capital of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].

==Mountaineering==
Early exploration of the [[Pirpanjal Range]] was carried by [[Thomas Montgomerie]] and [[Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen|Godwin Austen]] in 1856.<ref name=christies/> The first ascent of the summit was made in 1901 by Dr Arthur Neve and Dr Ernest Neve, the [[British People|British]] brothers who took the route via Yusmarg Konsar Nag and climbed the summit through north face.<ref name=him_club/>

The massif is accessed by {{convert|105|km|mi|abbr=on}} by road from [[Srinagar]]. The [[Mughal Road]] passes through the base of this mountain which lies on the right side of the road.

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=christies>
{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/henry-haversham-godwin-austen-the-baltoro-glacier-karakoram-4966451-details.aspx?from=salesummary&pos=1&intObjectID=4966451&sid=&page=14
| title=Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923) The Baltoro Glacier Karakoram
| publisher=christies.com | accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name=him_club>
{{cite web|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/memories-of-early-kashmir-climbing/
| title=Memories of early Kashmir climbing
| publisher=himalayanclub.com|accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name=kashmir_info>
{{cite web|url= http://www.kashmirinformation.com/Jammu-Kashmir-Trip.aspx
| title=Kashmir Information | publisher = kashmirinformation.com | accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name=koausa>
{{cite web|url=http://www.koausa.org/SamsarChandKoul/mountains.html
| title=Srinagar and its Environs | publisher=koausa.org | accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name="peaklist">
{{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/karakoram.html
| title=The Karakoram, Pakistan Himalaya and India Himalaya
| publisher=peaklist.org|accessdate=2012-06-15}}</ref>
}}

[[Category:Climbing areas of India]]
[[Category:Mountains of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Shopian district]]

Sunset Peak (Jammu and Kashmir) - Revision history

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