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{{short description|Mountain in Afghanistan and Pakistan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Noshaq<br/>{{lang|prs|نوشاخ}}
| 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 = {{flagdeco|AFG}} - {{flagdeco|PAK}} <br>[[Afghanistan-Pakistan border]]
| country = [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]]
| state = [[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 '''Noshakh''' or '''Nowshakh''' ({{langx|prs|نوشاخ}}, ''Nowshākh'', lit. "new horn"), 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 Wakhan Afghanistan.
== Climbing history ==
Noshaq main was first climbed by a Japanese expedition in 1960 led by Prof. Yajiro Sakato.<ref>[https://peakvisor.com/peak/noshaq.html?yaw=0.00&pitch=0.00&hfov=32.20 Japanese team]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The HJ/22/19 ASCENT OF NOSHAQ |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=The HJ/22/19 ASCENT OF NOSHAQ |language=en}}</ref>  Other members of the expedition were Goro Iwatsubo and Toshiaki Sakai.  The climb followed the normal Afghanistan approach, the West 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]] was a 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 of this mountain.<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><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>
== See also ==
* [[Durand Line]]
* [[Extreme points of Afghanistan]]
* [[List of elevation extremes by country]]
==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}}
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[[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]]