Twelve Kilometers southeast of Qogri Feng, at 76.6 E and 35.8N,stands Broad Peak of 8015 meters above sea level, which is ranked the third highest peak in Kraakorum Mountains and the twelfth highest in the world.

With its lofty lie of mountain and covered by snow all year round, Broad peak contain three major ridges: the north ridge, the south ridge and the southwest ridge, among which the north ridge and the south ridge form the main ridge line of the Karakorum Mountains and the Sino-Pakistan boundary. The three towering peaks, the central peak (8016 meters) on the north ridge and the north peak (7358 meters) on the south ridge, together with Broad Peak, are tall and straight and pierce into the sky. Consequently the local residents name them "Fuloqingrigang"(transliteration), meaning "the mountain with three pinnacles". "Broad", however, was named after an American explorer who came here in 1892.

In the year from 1902 to 1954, mountaineering teans from such countries as U.K., Switzerland and Italy began to leave thire footprints on the Broad peak area, but it was not until 1957 that an Austin team of 4 persons ---M.Schmuck, H.Babl, K.Diemberger and F.Wintersteller, succeed for the first time in human history in reaching the summit on June 9. In spite of these, the steep and precipitins east slope of the peak blocks the way to the summit and nobody has yet made it from the east slope.