Yazghil Dome South

Yazghil Dome South, at a height of is part of the Karakoram range. It would be one of the highest peaks on Earth if it had more topographic prominence but is within prominence and only about away from the major peak of one of the mountains in the top twenty. This is Distaghil Sar at at a distance of WNW on the same ridge line. South at is Kunyang Chhish at. The two Yazghil Domes, North and South ice-field's feed to the south and east the Yazghil glacier and to their north the Malangutti glacier. The latter glacier is on the eastern flank of Malangutti Sar. The dome peaks should not be confused with the lower mountain of Yazghil Sar to the northeast.

History

The area between the Yazghil and Malangutti glaciers was first surveyed by Europeans in the 1911/12 Dutch Visser-Hooft expedition. This identified Distaghil Sar as the highest Himalayan summit west of K2.
A Polish expedition climbed Yazghil Dome South in 1981. Attempts to climb it in 1989 were abandoned.