Editing Gasherbrum IV (section)

{{short description|Mountain in Pakistan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Gasherbrum&nbsp;IV
| photo = Gasherbrum_IV.JPG
| photo_caption = Gasherbrum IV's West Face, seen from [[Baltoro Glacier]]
| elevation_m = 7,925
| elevation_ref = <ref name="summitpost">{{cite summitpost|id=154584|title=Gasherbrum IV|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref><br>{{small|[[List of highest mountains|Ranked 17th]]}}
| prominence_m = 718
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peakbagger">{{cite peakbagger|pid=10524|name=Gasherbrum IV|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>
| range = [[Baltoro Muztagh]], [[Karakoram]]
| map = Pakistan#Gilgit Baltistan
| map_size = 280
| label_position = right
| location =  [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] region,  [[Pakistan]]
| map_caption = Location of Gasherbrum&nbsp;IV
| coordinates = {{coord|35|45|30|N|76|37|0|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="peakbagger" />
| first_ascent = August 6, 1958 by [[Walter Bonatti]] and [[Carlo Mauri]]
| easiest_route = Northwest Ridge
}}
{{chinese
|t=加舒爾布魯木IV峰
}}
'''Gasherbrum IV''' ({{langx|ur|گاشر برم ۔ ۴}}; {{zh|s=加舒尔布鲁木IV峰|t=加舒爾布魯木IV峰|p=Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù IV Fēng}}), [[Great Trigonometrical Survey|surveyed]] as '''K3''', is the [[List of highest mountains|17th highest]] mountain on [[Earth]] and the [[List of mountains in Pakistan|6th highest]] in [[Pakistan]], as well as the highest independent mountain under [[Eight-thousander|eight thousand meters]] in Pakistan.

One of the peaks in the [[Gasherbrum]] massif, its immense West Face looms over the glacial junction of [[Concordia (Karakoram)|Concordia]]. The Name "Gasherbrum" is often claimed to mean "Shining Wall", presumably a reference to this face's tendency to reflect the rays of the setting sun, but in fact it comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) and "brum" (mountain) in [[Balti dialect|Balti]], hence it actually means "beautiful mountain."<ref name="carter">H. Adams Carter, "Balti Place Names in the Karakoram", ''American Alpine Journal'' 49 (1975), p. 53.</ref>

Despite its lower height relative to the surrounding eight-thousanders, Gasherbrum IV is a venerated challenge among mountaineers.<ref>{{cite journal| last = Kurtyka | first = Wojciech | author-link = Wojciech Kurtyka | title = The Shining Wall of Gasherbrum IV | journal = American Alpine Journal | publisher = American Alpine Club | date = 1986 | url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198600100/The-Shining-Wall-of-Gasherbrum-IV | access-date = 25 February 2023 }}</ref>