Yazghil Dome South | |
Other Name: | Disteghil Sar South, Wala Hispar Peak 57 |
Elevation M: | 7365 |
Elevation Ref: | |
Prominence M: | 305 |
Range: | Karakoram |
Map: | Karakoram relief#Gilgit Baltistan#China Xinjiang Southern |
Map Size: | 300 |
Coordinates: | 36.308°N 75.2317°W |
Easiest Route: | snow/ice climb |
Mapframe: | no |
Mapframe-Wikidata: | yes |
Yazghil Dome South (also known as Disteghil Sar South, Wala Hispar Peak 57), at a height of is part of the Karakoram range. It would be one of the highest peaks on Earth if it had more topographic prominence but is within prominence and only about away from the major peak of one of the mountains in the top twenty. This is Disteghil Sar at at a distance of WNW on the same ridge line. South at is Kunyang Chhish at . The two Yazghil Domes, North and South ice-field's feed to the south and east the Yazghil glacier and to their north the Mulungutti glacier. The dome peaks should not be confused with the lower mountain of Yazghil Sar to the northeast.
The area between the Yazghil and Mulungutti glaciers was first surveyed by Europeans in the 1911/12 Dutch Visser-Hooft expedition. This identified Distaghil Sar as the highest Himalayan summit west of K2.A Polish expedition climbed Yazghil Dome South in 1981. Attempts to climb it in 1989 were abandoned.