Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat, known in Shina as Diamer, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth with its summit at 8,126 m (26,660 ft) above sea level. 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.

Elevation: 8,126 m
Prominence: 4,608 m
Coordinates: 35.23917° N, 74.59000° E
Range: Himalayas
Region: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

About Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat is an 8,126-metre mountain in the western Himalayas, situated in the Pakistani-administered sector of Kashmir about 27 km west-southwest of Astor; it is also known as Diamir . Its south wall rises nearly 4,600 metres above the adjacent valley, while its north side descends about 7,000 metres toward the Indus River .

Open Nanga Parbat in Traverse at 35.23917° N, 74.59000° E to inspect 8,126 m of relief, 4,608 m of prominence, and approaches around Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan on 3D terrain.

Documented mountaineering milestones

1895 — First recorded climbing attempt on the glacier- and snow-covered mountain: Albert F. Mummery and companions
1953 — First ascent via the Rakhiot route/flank, completed without supplementary oxygen: Hermann Buhl
2016 — First winter ascent via the Kinshofer Route: Simone Moro, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, and Alex Txikon

Routes and approaches

The Kinshofer Route is described by the American Alpine Journal as Nanga Parbat’s standard route, while the mountain’s earlier first ascent used the Rakhiot Face/flank .

GPX-backed hiking and ski touring records near Gilgit-Baltistan from the Traverse catalog. Metrics appear only when the source provides them.

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Sources and provenance

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Page reviewed 2026-08-19.