Chakragil

Ranked 103rd

The Chakragil, also known as the Kingata Tagh in Turkic languages, is a major mountain in Xinjiang, China, at 6,760 metres. It is located about 100 km southwest of Kashgar, about 60 km due north of Muztagh Ata, and 37 km northwest of Kongur Tagh. It is in the subrange known as the Kingata Shan, generally included in the eastern Pamirs,{{Cite journal

Due to its remote location, Chakragil is a little-visited peak. It was attempted by the noted mountaineering pair Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman in September 1948. However they only reached a height of about 5200 m. On September1, 1988, Japanese leader Misao Hirano, together with Minoru Hachisu and Kenji Nakayama, made the first ascent of the mountain. The peak was climbed again in 2000 by Mark Newcomb, alone, via the west ridge. The Himalayan Index lists no other ascents or attempts.

Names of peaks and ranges in this area are often uncertain. Chakragil is one of the peaks in the Kingata Shan, but it is unclear which of these peaks it should be identified with. For the purposes of this article (in particular the topographic prominence value), it is treated as identical with Kingata Tagh, the highest peak of the Kingata Shan. If this identification is incorrect (in particular, Chakragil may actually be Kingata Tagh II), it is unclear what peak(s) were climbed in 1988 and 2001, and it further uncertain as to whether Kingata Tagh has been climbed. A map of Central Asia published by Map Link shows a 6760 m mountain north of the Gez river which it calls 'Karabekter Tagh'. It shows Chakragil as a small lake to the southwest. The mountain is just north of the Karakorum Highway.

In November 2024, Chinese state media released a surveillance video of a massive snow avalanche from the summit of Chakragil in Oytagh Glacier Park.