Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat is a mountain in Gilgit-Baltistan, between Chilas and Astore. It is the ninth highest mountain in the world. It is 8,126 metres (26,660 feet) above sea level. Nanga Parbat means "Naked Mountain". In 1953, an Austrian German named Hermann Buhl was the first to climb it.

280px Nanga Parbat, the killer mountain, in Gilgit Baltistan
Elevation	8,126 m (26,660 ft) Ranked 9th
Prominence	4,608 m (15,118 ft) Ranked 14th
Listing	Eight-thousander Ultra
Location
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Location	Nanga Parbat lies in Gilgit Baltistan, an Area administered and owned by Pakistan.
Range	Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent	July 3, 1953 by Hermann Buhl
Easiest route	Diamir district (West Face)

Nanga Parbat is in the west of the Himalayas, and is the most western of the mountains higher than eight thousand meters. It lies just south of the Indus River, in the Astore District of the Northern Areas in the region of Kashmir. Not far to the north is the western end of the Karakoram mountains.

Nanga Parbat is the highest peak in the Nanga Parbat Range. The range covers an area of 120 mi (190 km) in length and 12 to 24 mi (19 to 39 km) in width. In the east it joins the Pir Panjal Range.

The steep incline of its peak that rises above the ground far below makes Nanga Parbat a difficult and dangerous climb. Many deaths in the mid and early 20th century gave it the nickname of "killer mountain".

Nanga Parbat Media

• Rakhiot glacier is located on part of the mountain

• Nanga Parbat From KKH.jpg

  Nanga Parbat as viewed from Karakoram Highway

• Fairy Meadows 240622 03.jpg

  Nanga Parbat and the moraine below it, seen from Fairy Meadows.

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  Nanga Parbat Rakhiot Face from Fairy Meadows

• Nanga Parbat & river.jpg

  Nanga Parbat & river

• Nanga Parbat 01.jpg

  Aerial view of the northern face of Nanga Parbat as seen from above Fairy Meadows, Pakistan.

• Nanga Parbat Rupal Base camp, Gilgit Baltistan.JPG

  Nanga Parbat Rupal Base camp, Gilgit Baltistan

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  Southwest aspect of the Rupal Face

• Nanga Parbat Raikhot Base Camp.jpg

  At 4,100 m (13,450 ft), near the Rakhiot Base Camp

Other websites

• A mountain list ranked by local relief and steepness showing Nanga Parbat as the steepest
• Pictures from a winter expedition in 2013 Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine