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'Gasherbrum III' is a summit in the Gasherbrum massif of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram on the border between Pakistan and China, in the region of Baltistan. It is situated between Gasherbrum II and IV.
Gasherbrum III fails to meet a 500 metre topographic prominence cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II.^[2]
Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the world^[3] up to its first ascent in 1975, by Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krystof Zdzitowiecki, members of a Polish expedition.

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1. This region is disputed; it is also claimed by India. This massif is under the control of Pakistan; it lies just north of the Line of Control.
2. Some sources use a lower cutoff value, and consider Gasherbrum III to be independent.
3. In fact no summit in 1975 was both higher and more topographically prominent.