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{{Short description|Mountain in Hindu Raj range, Pakistan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Buni Zom
| photo = Buni Zom (2002).jpg
| photo_caption = Buni Zom Main and North from the west face of Gordoghan Zom, 2002
| elevation_m = 6542
| elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">{{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/karakoram.html|title=High Asia I: The Karakoram, Pakistan Himalaya and India Himalaya (north of Nepal) |publisher= Peaklist.org | accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref>
| prominence_m = 2845
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><br /><small>[[List of peaks by prominence|Ranked 117th]]</small>
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
| map = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan
| map_caption = Location
| map_size = 260
| label_position = bottom
| location = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]]
| range = [[Hindu Raj]]
| coordinates = {{coord|36|09|15|N|72|19|39|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| first_ascent = 1957 by W.K.A. Berry, C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe
| easiest_route =
}}

The '''Buni Zom''' group is a prominent mountain area of [[Chitral]], in the [[Hindu Raj]] range of [[Pakistan]]. Buni Zom (main) is the highest peak of the group with an elevation of {{convert|6542|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="peakbagger">{{cite peakbagger|pid=12897|name=Buni Zom, Pakistan|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> It is located about 50&nbsp;km (30&nbsp;mi) northeast of the town of Chitral, and about 50&nbsp;km (30&nbsp;mi) east of [[Tirich Mir]] (7,708 m), the highest peak in the [[Hindu Kush]].

[[Image:Map bunizom.gif|thumb|right|Map of Buni Zom]]
In 1957, the New Zealanders W.K.A. Berry and [[Cecil Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe|C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe]] accomplished the first ascent of the Main Peak of Buni Zom from the steep razorlike north ridge<ref name="nzaj">''New Zealand Alpine Journal'' 17, 1958, page 283-292. However the [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi Himalayan Index] reports this ascent as having taken the Southwest Ridge.</ref> The second ascent was in 1975 by Japanese Masao Okabe, Hideo Sato and Shigeru Tabe<ref name="aaj_1976">American Alpine Journal 1976, Vol 20, Issue 50. pp 458</ref> and third ascent was in 1979 by Americans Joe Reinhard and Richard J. Isherwood<ref name="aaj_1980">American Alpine Journal 1980, Vol 22, Issue 53. pp 654</ref> both from south face.

The Buni Zom group has many other peaks, some of which have been climbed. There are 12 peaks over {{convert|6000|m|ft|-2|abbr=on}} in the Buni Zom group which are unclimbed [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi Himalayan Index].

==Peaks of the Buni Zom Group==
Following is a list of the peaks over 6,000 meters in the Buni Zom group, from the Himalayan Index. The first ascent of the peak named Buni Zom SS or 6MT or P6110 was by Nikolas Kroupis and George Voutiropoulos on 31 July 2007.<ref>[http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web07-08w/newswire-buni-zom-pakistan-greeks Alpinist Newswire]</ref> This climb is not yet recorded in the Himalayan Index,<ref>[http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi Himalayan Index]</ref> but the article is published in [[American Alpine Journal]].<ref>The American Alpine Journal 2008, The World's Most Significant Climbs, American Alpine Club, Vol. 50, Issue 82, 2008, pp 319-321.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No
!Preferred Name
!Name
!Number
!Ht. m.
!Ht.ft.
!Latitude
!Longitude
!Climbed?
|-
|1
|Buni Zom
|Buni Zom
|9701
|6542
|21463
|36°09'00"
|72°19'12"
|y
|-
|2
|Awi Zom
|Awi Zom
|9707
|6484
|21272
|36°11'24"
|72°24'00"
|y
|-
|3
|Rahman Zom
|Raman Zom
|9708
|6350
|20833
|36°15'00"
|72°21'36" 
|y
|{{Dubious|reason=Coordinates outside of Buni group|date=August 2019}}
|-
|4
|Buni Zom N
|Buni Zom N
|9702
|6338
|20793
|36°10'12"
|72°19'12"
|y
|-
|5
|Ghochhar Sar
|Gochohar Sar
|9717
|6249
|20501
|35°54'00"
|72°17'24"
|y
|-
|6
|Gordoghan Zom
|Gordoghan Zom
|9709
|6240
|20472
|36°09'00"
|72°22'48"
|y
|-
|7
|Buni Zom S
|Buni Zom S
|9705
|6220
|20406
|36°09'00"
|72°19'12"
|y
|-
|8
|Shachio Kuh Zom
|Shachio Kuh Zom
|9719
|6215
|20390
|35°53'24"
|72°15'00"
|y
|-
|9
|P c6200
|P c6200
|9718
|6200
|20340
|35°54'36"
|72°16'48"
|
|-
|10
|Gordoghan Zom III
|Gordoghan Zom III
|
|6156
|20192
|36°09'00"
|72°22'00"
|y
|-
|11
|Ghochhar Sar S
|Ghochhar Sar S
|9727
|6150
|20176
|35°54'00"
|72°16'48"
|
|-
|12
|Buni Zom II
|Buni Zom II
|9703
|6147
|20167
|36°10'48"
|72°19'48"
|y
|-
|13
|Buni Zom SS
|6MT - P 6110
|9711
|6110
|20045
|36°07'12"
|72°19'12"
|y
|-
|14
|Rinzho Zom
|Rinz Ho Zom M
|9714
|6100
|20012
|36°01'12"
|72°18'00"
|
|-
|15
|Rinzho Zom E
|Rinzho Zom E
|9715
|6080
|19947
|36°01'12"
|72°18'36"
|
|-
|16
|Rinzho Zom W
|Rinz Ho Zom W
|9713
|6068
|19907
|36°01'12"
|72°16'48"
|
|-
|17
|Rinzho Zom MD
|Rinzho Zom MD
|9728
|6050
|19848
|36°00'36"
|72°17'24"
|
|-
|18
|Thalo Zom
|Thalo Zom
|9721
|6050
|19848
|35°47'24"
|72°16'48"
|
|-
|19
|Buni Zom III
|Buni Zom III
|9704
|6050
|19848
|36°10'12"
|72°20'24"
|y
|-
|20
|Gordoghan Zom II
|Gordoghen Zom II
|9710
|6048
|19842
|36°08'24"
|72°23'24"
|
|-
|21
|Tunyush Zom
|Tonyush Zom
|9716
|6023
|19760
|35°59'24"
|72°13'48"
|
|-
|22
|P 6020
|P 6020
|9724
|6020
|19750
|36°11'24"
|72°22'12"
|y
|-
|23
|Chakholi Zom
|Chakholi Zom
|9712
|6020
|19750
|36°06'36"
|72°15'36"
|y
|-
|24
|Phargam Zom I
|P 6103
|9726
|6000
|19684
|36°11'24"
|72°21'36"
|y
|-
|25
|Phargam Zom II
|P 6086
|9725
|6000
|19684
|36°10'48"
|72°21'36"
|y
|-
|26
|P 6010
|P 6010
|9723
|6000
|19684
|36°11'24"
|72°22'12"
|y
|-
|27
|Buni Zom IV
|Buni Zom IV
|9722
|6000
|19684
|36°12'00"
|72°21'36"
|
|-
|28
|P c6000
|P c6000
|9706
|6000
|19684
|36°12'00"
|72°21'36"
|
|-
|29
|Harambit Zom
|P 6031
|9720
|5997
|19674
|35°48'36"
|72°16'48"
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Buni]] 
* [[Hindu Raj]]
* [[List of mountains in Pakistan]]
* [[List of Ultras of the Karakoram and Hindu Kush]]

==Notes and references==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/152872/buni-zom.html SummitPost Buni Zom Page]
* [http://nikolas.kroupi.gr/pakistan/index.html 2002 Expedition Report]
* [http://nikolas.kroupi.gr/pak2004/index.html 2004 Expedition Report]
* [http://nikolas.kroupi.gr/pk07/index.html 2007 Expedition Report, First Ascent of peak 6MT]
* [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/420123/an/0/page/0#420123 Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204020441/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/420123/an/0/page/0#420123 |date=2012-02-04 }}

[[Category:Mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Hindu Raj]]


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