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Khar Kush

Elevation
4,856 m
#601
in the world
#27
in Afghanistan

Khar Kush is a mountain in Afghanistan, rising to 4,856 m, the 27th highest we list in Afghanistan, part of the Hindu Kush.

Range
#7 in the range
Nearest town
50 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Khar Kush

Khar Kush lies in Afghanistan, in Baghlan.

Key facts

Elevation
4,856 m (15,932 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Baghlan
Coordinates
35.745, 69.678

How it ranks

Among peaks in Afghanistan
#27of 32
LargestSmallest
In the Hindu Kush
#7of 9
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#601of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Kharkush3,159 m25 km
Kōh-e Sar-e Tund6,001 m73 km
Kōh-e Sang-e Bangī5,792 m74 km
Kōh-e Sōkhtah5,743 m75 km
Qulah-ye Shakarāw5,796 m79 km
Kōtal-e Pīw5,841 m89 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Khar Kush.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
BāzārakAfghanistan65,00050 km
NahrīnAfghanistan22,36361 km
Jabal os SarajAfghanistan15,03280 km
Pul-e KhumrīAfghanistan56,36990 km
CharikarAfghanistan53,67694 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.