Reliable info
about the MAPS and TOPOGRAPHY of peaks in the Himalayas, Karakoram
and other Greater Ranges :
himalaya-info.org
– himalaya-info.org - Karakorum, Baltoro
– himalaya-info.org
- regions in Karakorum
This is the best
website with very useful panoramas from the highest peaks on
the world including K2, Gasherbrum I and Broad Peak. Panoramas are given two versions, clear ones and
with the annotations identifying many peaks prepared with high
diligence. Other subpages on the website give very good insight
on details of climbing routes and demanding high-altitude treks.
Also includes comprehensive reviews of the literature and of the most useful web photogaleries
of the Greater Ranges, for Baltoro dived into treks and peak expeditions (in German only)
pahar.in
– Pahar.in
- Mountains of Central Asia, Digital Dataset (MCADD)
Internet collection of maps and books on Himalayas, Karakorum,
Hindukush, Pamir, Tian Shan, Kun Lun and Tibet, including maps
of historical surveys and travels as well as the big set of the US pilotage
carts and maps from the end of 20th century. Also includes archive
volumes, up to 1950s, of Alpine Journal, Himlayan Journal, Geographical
Journal (in English)
summitpost.org
–
summitpost.org/the-karakoram => Baltoro Muztagh,
systematic description of popular ranges and peaks including Greater Ranges (in English)
8000ers.com
– 8000ers.com,
lists of ascents and routes of highest peaks on the Earth, mainly
directed to info about 8000ers and "7 summits".
This website also includes good written introduction to the
concepts of the prominence
and the less intuitive idea of dominance
(or proportional prominence, roughly speaking the
prominence "renormalized" to the height of the mountain
above sea level)
(in English)
blankonthemap.free.fr
–
blankonthemap - Karakoram, useful for the study of available
maps and some open-source satellite images of High Asia (in
English, but some subpages in French only)