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'{{short description|Mountain in Afghanistan and Pakistan}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Noshaq | native_name = | other_name = '''''Noshak''''', '''''Nowshakh''''' | photo = Noszak.jpg | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 7492 | elevation_ref = <br /><small>[[List of highest mountains|Ranked 52nd]]</small> | prominence_m = 2024 | prominence_ref = | map = Afghanistan#Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan | map_caption = Location in Afghanistan##Location in Pakistan | label_position = left | listing = [[List of countries by highest point|Country high point]]<br />[[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]] | location = [[Afghanistan-Pakistan border]] | country = [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] | state = [[Badakhshan Province|Badakhshan Province]], Afghanistan <br> [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province]], Pakistan | state_type = Province | range = [[Hindu Kush]] | coordinates = {{coord|36|25|54|N|71|49|42|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = 1960 by [[Toshiaki Sakai]] and [[Goro Iwatsubo]] (Japan) | easiest_route = glacier/snow climb }} '''Noshaq''' (also called '''Noshak''' or '''Nowshak'''; is the second highest peak in the [[Hindu Kush]] Range after [[Tirich Mir]] at {{convert|7492|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. It lies on the border between [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]]. The north and west sides of the mountain are in Afghanistan whereas the south and eastern sides are in Pakistan. Noshaq is Afghanistan's highest mountain and is located in the northeastern corner of the country along the border with [[Pakistan]]. It is the westernmost {{convert|7000|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} peak in the world. Easiest access to Noshaq is from [[Chitral]], Pakistan. == Climbing history == Noshaq main was first climbed by a Japanese expedition in 1960 led by Professor Sakato{{who|date=January 2020|reason=I haven't had the pleasure of meeting the Professor- who do you mean?}}. Other members of the expedition were Goro Iwatsubo and Toshiaki Sakai. The climb followed the normal Pakistan approach, the southeast ridge from the [[Qadzi Deh Glacier]]. The normal Afghanistan approach route is by the west ridge. Noshaq East, Noshaq Central and Noshaq West were first climbed in 1963 by Austrians Dr. Gerald Gruber and Rudolf Pischenger. The Tiroler Hindukusch-Ski-Expedition of Akademischer Alpenklub [[Innsbruck]] (Austria) made the first ski descent from the summit of Noshaq in 1970.<ref>America Alpine Journal: [https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197145700 ''Noshaq Ski Expedition'']</ref> The famous meteorologist [[Karl Gabl]]<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gabl]</ref> was member of the team.<ref> Ulrich Schwabe: [https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1972_files/AJ%201972%20110-115%20Schwabe%20Noshaq.pdf ''Noshaq on skis'']</ref> The first winter ascent was 13 February 1973 by [[Tadeusz Piotrowski (mountaineer)|Tadeusz Piotrowski]] and [[Andrzej Zawada]], members of a Polish expedition, via the north face. It was the world's first winter climb of any 7000 m peak. Until now it is the only winter ascent to this summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197421702/Asia-Pakistani-Afghan-Frontier-Area-Noshaq-First-Winter-Ascent|title=Asia, Pakistani-Afghan Frontier Area, Noshaq, First Winter Ascent|date=1974|publisher=American Alpine Club}}</ref> Between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the mountain was very difficult to access because of political turmoil in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/adventure/2011/08/grant-winners-summit-highest-afghanistan-peak/ |publisher=Australian Geographic |title=Grant winners summit highest Afghanistan peak |date=11 August 2011}}</ref> In 2011, [[National Geographic]] noted that the trail to the summit was again accessible to climbers, with hopes of opening the area up for tourism.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=National Geographic|title=Afghanistan's Highest Mountain Reopened to Climbers|date=10 August 2011}}</ref>19.<ref name="noshaq.com2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.noshaq.com/ |title=Afghan Noshaq expedition |access-date=2020-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615020200/http://www.noshaq.com/ |archive-date=2013-06-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fatima Sultani<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sultani|first=Fatima|title=Fatima_Sultani.af|url=https://www.instagram.com/fatima_sultani.af|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> and Zabih Afzali<ref>{{Cite web|last=Afzali|first=Zabih|title=kakazabih|url=https://www.instagram.com/kakazabih|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> are famous Afghan climbers that climbed this mountain in August 2020. == See also == * [[List of elevation extremes by country]] * [[Extreme points of Afghanistan]] ==References== {{reflist}} * http://chitralexplorer.blogspot.com/2011/06/chitral-hidden-paradise-on-earth.html?m=1 ==External links== * [http://www.summitpost.org/parent/155156/noshaq-peak.html Noshaq on Summitpost] {{Highest points of Asia}} [[Category:Highest points of countries]] [[Category:International mountains of Asia]] [[Category:Landforms of Badakhshan Province]] [[Category:Mountains of Afghanistan]] [[Category:Mountains of Pakistan]] [[Category:Mountains of the Hindu Kush]] [[Category:Seven-thousanders of the Hindu Kush]]'