Nanga Parbat

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Nanga Parbat is one of the world’s highest and most notoriously challenging mountains, located in the western Himalayas of Pakistan.

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Nanga Parbat (Diamer) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan mountain
eight-thousander
mountain
climbingSeason summer
countryHighestPeaksRank second highest mountain in Pakistan
elevation 26660 feet
8126 meters
firstAscentBy Hermann Buhl
firstAscentDate 1953-07-03
firstAscentExpeditionNationality Austrians
surface form: Austrian
firstAscentRoute Rakhiot Flank
firstAscentStyle solo summit push
geologicalType fold mountain
hasAlternativeName Diamer
Nanga Parbat
surface form: Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
hasBaseCamp Fairy Meadows side base camp
hasFace Diamir Face
Rakhiot Face
Rupal Face
hasNotableHazard avalanches
crevasses
extreme altitude
rapid weather changes
rockfall
higherOnlyThan K2 in Pakistan
knownFor high fatality rate in mountaineering
severe weather conditions
steep south face
technical difficulty
liesNear Astore Valley
Fairy Meadows
Indus River NERFINISHED
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistan
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas
locatedInSubrange western Himalayas
surface form: Western Himalayas
locatedOnContinent Asia
nameLanguage Kashmiri
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
nameMeaning Naked Mountain
partOf Himalayas
surface form: Himalayan mountain system
partOfTectonicSetting Himalayan orogeny
surface form: Indian-Eurasian plate collision zone
prominence 4608 meters
rankAmongWorldsHighest 9
RupalFaceHeight approximately 4600 meters
winterAscentFirstBy Alex Txikon
Ali Sadpara
Simone Moro
winterAscentFirstDate 2016-02-26

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Greater Himalayas contains Nanga Parbat
Gilgit-Baltistan containsPeak Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat hasAlternativeName Nanga Parbat
this entity surface form: Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
Astore Valley near Nanga Parbat