What is Gasherbrum III?
'''Gasherbrum III''' is a {{convert|7952|m|ft}} [[mountain]] in the [[Karakoram]] [[Mountain range|range]], in [[China]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=10523|name=Gasherbrum III|accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref> It is also known as '''K3a'''. It is the [[List of highest mountains|15th highest]] mountain in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gasherbrum III |url=https://peakware.com/peaks.php?pk=668 |website=Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia |publisher=Interactive Outdoors |access-date=6 May 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The first people to reach the top were Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, in 1975. As of 2018, only two expeditions had ever made it to the top.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gasherbrum III: Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering |url=https://www.summitpost.org/gasherbrum-iii/154696 |website=SummitPost.org |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{multistub|Geo|Asia}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Karakoram]] [[Category:Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan]] [[Category:Mountains of Xinjiang]]