Shani Peak
شانی چوٹی
Highest point
Elevation5,887 m (19,314 ft)
Coordinates36°17′58.57″N 74°1′31.78″E / 36.2996028°N 74.0254944°E / 36.2996028; 74.0254944
Geography
LocationNaltar Pass, Pakistan
Parent rangeKarakoram

Shani Peak (Urdu: شانی چوٹی) is a mountain in the south of Naltar Pass in the Gilgit District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It lies in the west of Snow Dome (5,029 m) and in the northwest of Mehrbani Peak (5,639 m). To its east flows the Shani Glacier towards Naltar Valley. Peak is also known as Khaltar Peak.


Due to This peak's hidden projection, it remained unnamed till 2012. In summer 2012, a amateur climber Zeeshan Saleem a.k.a Shani named this peak as Shani peak.

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