Talk:Saser Muztagh

Dubious
The table states that the parent mountain for Sasir Kangri I is Gasherbrum; can anyone shed any light on this? Gasherbrum is about 100 miles away to the north-west. Surely Sasir Kangri I is the main peak in this sub-range, so it doesn't have a "parent peak". Moonraker12 (talk) 18:16, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Please see the article Topographic prominence, especially that section: Topographic prominence. You may learn that every peak has a parent unless it is the highest Peak on an island or continent. But the information in the list is arguable: Gasherbrum I is only a line parent of Saser Kangri. The prominence of G1 is less than that of SK1 (so G1 doesn't qualify for prominence parentage) and the Key Col of G1 is higher than that of SK1 (so G1 doesn't qualify for island/encirclement parentage). The next mountain in line (e.g. on a long ridge), that has a lower key col and a higher prominence itself is K2. But it's further away than the Gasherbrum. Anyway I set K2 as Parent Mountain in the list --Rupert Pupkin (talk) 00:53, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * List of highest mountains also shows Gasherbrum I as parent mountain of Saser Kangri. And in that list, line parents are explicitely chosen as parent moountains.--Rupert Pupkin (talk) 23:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)