Question

    Mount Kun lies in which one of the following mountain ranges?

    A Karakoram Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Ladakh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Kumaun Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Zaunskar Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    One soldier died and three are missing after a group of Indian Army mountaineers was recently caught in an avalanche on Mount Kun in Ladakh.

    The massif is located near Sankoo in the Suru valley, Kargil district, Ladakh.

    They are among the highest peaks in the Zanskar Range on the Indian side of the Line of Control.

    The first person to climb the Kun peak was Italian mountaineer Mario Piacenza in the year 1913.

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