Question
Mount Kun lies in which one of the following mountain ranges?
Solution
One soldier died and three are missing after a group of Indian Army mountaineers was recently caught in an avalanche on Mount Kun in Ladakh.
TheĀ massif is locatedĀ near Sankoo in theĀ Suru valley, Kargil district, Ladakh.
They are among theĀ highest peaks in the Zanskar RangeĀ on the Indian side of the Line of Control.
TheĀ first personĀ to climb the Kun peakĀ was Italian mountaineer Mario Piacenza in the year 1913.
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