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Kunyang Pumari Chhish
Khunyang Chhish, as seen from the International Space Station

Khunyang Chhish is a 7,852 metres (25,761 ft) mountain in the Karakoram range, in Pakistan. Other ways of spelling the name are Kunyang Kish and Khiangyang Kish. Khunyang Chhish is part of the Hispar Muztagh subrange. It is the 21st highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Andrzej Heinrich, Jan Stryczynski, Ryszard Szafirski, and Andrzej Zawada, in 1971.

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  • Khunyang Chhish and Pumari Chhish

    Khunyang Chhish (centre background) and Pumari Chhish (left background) as seen from Yazghil Sar's western slopes.

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