ArmInfo. Extreme climbers and travelers from Armenia Gevorg Gasparyan and Vahan Ghazaryan conquered the legendary peak of the Himalayas Island Peak (6189 m), where they set the Armenian flag. Mountaineers in their account on Facebook  published a photo deployed on top of the mountain of the flag of  Armenia and signed, that <Armenian tricolor was raised on March 25 at  7:15 am>.

The peak was named Island Peak (6.160m.) in 1951 by members of the  British expedition led by Eric Shipton.

When members of this British expedition saw him for the first time  from Dingboche, he looked like an island in a sea of ice.

The peak was first conquered in 1953 by members of the British  expedition to Everest, when they ascended to it in preparation for  the assault on the highest point of the planet. One of the first  climbers on Island Peak was the first ascender on Everest Tenzing  Norgay.  Island Peak is the most visited trekking peak. The classic  route goes along the southeast slope and the southwest ridge. In  recent years, the popularity of this peak is so high that in high  season there may even be queues.

To note, earlier in 2017, Gevorg Gasparyan, together with a group of  Armenian climbers, also launched an Armenian flag on Nemrut volcano,  located in south-eastern of Turkey.