Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat, view from Fairy Meadows
Highest point
Elevation8,126 m (26,660 ft)
Ranked 9th
Prominence4,608 m (15,118 ft)
Ranked 14th
Isolation189 km (117 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Listing
Coordinates35°14′15″N 74°35′21″E / 35.23750°N 74.58917°E / 35.23750; 74.58917
Naming
Native nameنانگا پربت (Urdu)
Geography
Nanga Parbat is located in Gilgit Baltistan
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat
Location of Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat is located in Pakistan
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat (Pakistan)
LocationGilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan [1]
Parent rangeHimalayas
Climbing
First ascent3 July 1953 by Hermann Buhl on 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition
First winter ascent: 16 February 2016 by Simone Moro, Alex Txicon and Ali Sadpara
Easiest routeWestern Diamer District

Nanga Parbat (Urdu: نانگا پربت) (Urdu: [nəŋɡa pərbət̪]; lit.'naked mountain'), known locally as Diamer (Shina: دیآمر, lit.'King of the Mountains'), is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth and its summit is at 8,126 m (26,660 ft) above sea level.[2] Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nanga Parbat is the westernmost major peak of the Himalayas, and thus in the traditional view of the Himalayas as bounded by the Indus and Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra rivers, it is the western anchor of the entire mountain range.[3]

Nanga Parbat is one of the 14 eight-thousanders.[4] An immense, dramatic peak rising far above its surrounding terrain, it has the second-highest prominence among the 100 tallest mountains on Earth only behind Mount Everest. Nanga Parbat is notorious for being an extremely difficult climb, and has earned the nickname Killer Mountain for its high number of climber fatalities and pushing climbers to the test of their limits.[5]

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  2. ^ "Nanga Parbat". Britannica. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ Bernstein, Jeremy (1978). Mountain passages. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803209831. nanga parbat western anchor.
  4. ^ "Nanga Parbat | mountain, Jammu and Kashmir". Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  5. ^ Endorfeen magazine. "The Nanga Parbat: Mysteries, Challenges and Conquests of the Killer Mountain". www.endorfeen.com. Retrieved 23 May 2023.