Nanga Parbat (8126 m) Himalayas, Pakistan

Nanga Parbat (literally, Naked Mountain) is the ninth highest mountain in the world and the western anchor of the Himalayas. Located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, Nanga Parbat is one of the eight-thousanders, with a summit elevation of 8126 meters. Nanga Parbat forms the western anchor of the Himalayan Range and is the westernmost eight-thousander.

It lies just south of the Indus River in the Diamer District of Gilgit–Baltistan in Pakistan. Not far to the north is the western end of the Karakoram range. Nanga Parbat has tremendous vertical relief over local terrain in all directions. To the south, Nanga Parbat boasts what is often referred to as the highest mountain face in the world: the Rupal Face rises 4600 meters above its base. Nanga Parbat is one of only two peaks on Earth that rank in the top twenty of both the highest mountains in the world, and the most prominent peaks in the world, ranking ninth and fourteenth respectively. The other is Mount Everest, which is first on both lists. Nanga Parbat along with Namcha Barwa on the Tibetan Plateau are both considered to mark the east and west ends of the Himalayas. The core of Nanga Parbat is a long ridge trending southwest–northeast. The ridge has three faces, Diamir face, Rakhiot and Rupal.

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