. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. From K to l)ri(k IVak. 291) the sky, its sides smootli like surfaces formed by cleavage, its anglesclean and sharp like those of an obelisk. This mountain, of course,is the Mustagh Tower. It is about 24,000 feet high, and stands isolatedfrom other peaks on a somewhat narrow base marked by sharp appears, and perhaps is, a true monolith, a rocky mass of a singleformation, without traces of breaks or divisional planes—no other, ofany comparable size, is know
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. From K to l)ri(k IVak. 291) the sky, its sides smootli like surfaces formed by cleavage, its anglesclean and sharp like those of an obelisk. This mountain, of course,is the Mustagh Tower. It is about 24,000 feet high, and stands isolatedfrom other peaks on a somewhat narrow base marked by sharp appears, and perhaps is, a true monolith, a rocky mass of a singleformation, without traces of breaks or divisional planes—no other, ofany comparable size, is known to exist on the globe. AVords would be 5riTRE TEAK. MrSTAGH MITRE PEAK AND MUSTAGH TOWER FROM OtTR CAMP AT THE BASE OF GOLDEN THRONE. incapable of giving a just idea of it without the accompanying L, taken by telephotography,^ shows it, as well as thebackground of the Baltoro glacier formed by the chain which runs fromMustagh Tower to K-, with its great snowy peaks, among whichpenetrates the Savoia glacier. Crystal Peak, Marble Point and allthe other heights along the side of the glacier, arc mere secondary spursof this great chain, which is the actual watershed of the region. Theleft side of the upper Baltoro is formed of lesser mountains of brownishred rock, like Bride Peak. Of this side we get a foreshortened view as Owing to a mistake, the site from which panorama L was taken is marked on the sketchof the triangulation and Sclla\s pliotographic stations as being on the right side of the Baltoro,at the foot of the soutliern buttress of the tiaslierbrums. Instead of this, it was taken fromCamp XI, like panorama O. Sella did
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