Nanga Parbat means "Naked Mountain" in Urdu which is located in Pakistan. The name the locals call the peak is Diamir, which translates to "king of mountains."
It is the 9th highest mountain and the 14th most prominent mountain in the world. It has three major faces--Diamir, Rakhiot, and Rupal.The mountain lies at the western end of the Himalayan Range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.
Nanga Parbat is considered the second hardest 8,000-meter peak after K2, the second highest peak in the world, as well as one of the most dangerous. After 31 people died attempting to climb Nanga Parbat before it's 1953 first ascent. Nanga Parbat is the third-most dangerous 8,000-meter peak with a death rate of 22.3% of climbers dying on the mountain. In 2012, 68 climber are death on Nanga parbat. It is also known as the Killer Mountain.
Location: Pakistan, Asia
Elevation: 26,658 feet (8,125 meters)
Prominence: 15,118 feet (4,608 meters)
Coordinates: 35.2375 N / 74.589167 W
First Ascent: Solo ascent by Hermann Buhl (Austria), July 3, 1953
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