What is Skyang Kangri?
[[File:Skyang Kangri.jpg|thumb|Skyang Kangri in 1986]] '''Skyang Kangri''' is a {{convert|7545|m|ft}} [[mountain]] in the [[Karakoram]] [[Mountain range|range]], in [[China]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite peakware |id=2323 |name=Skyang Kangri |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> It is also known as '''Staircase Peak'''.<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=10514|name=Skyank Kangri, China/Pakistan|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> It is the [[List of highest mountains|44th highest]] mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Hideki Nagata and Yoshioki Fujioji, by the east ridge route in 1976. The expedition was led by G.Mitsui.<ref>{{cite book |last=Neate |first=Jill |title=High Asia : an illustrated history of the 7,000 metre peaks |date=1989 |publisher=Unwin Hyman |isbn=978-0044404804}}</ref> [[File:Skyang_Kangri_from_K2_by_Elia_Saikaly.jpg|thumb|The southeast pillar and southwest face of Skyang Kangri as viewed from K2's Abruzzi Spur.]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{commonscat}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Karakoram]] [[Category:Mountains of Xinjiang]] [[Category:Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan]] {{multistub|Geo|Asia}}