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Nanga Parbat - Definition and Overview
Nanga Parbat

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Nanga Parbat
Elevation:8,125 metres (26,658 feet)
Ranked 9th
Latitude:35° 14′ N
Longitude:74° 36′ E
Location:Pakistan
Range:Himalayas
First ascent:July 3 1953 by Hermann Buhl
Easiest route:snow/ice climb

Nanga Parbat (also known as Nangaparbat Peak or Diamir) is the ninth highest mountain on Earth. Nanga Parbat means "Naked Mountain". Nanga means naked in both Urdu and Hindi. Parbat is a Hindi only word meaning mountain. The word mountain is called 'pahaar' in Urdu.

Nanga Parbat was first climbed on July 3, 1953 by Hermann Buhl of a German-Austrian team. Before this expedition, 31 people had already died trying to make the first ascent.

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Eight-thousander series
Annapurna | Broad Peak | Cho Oyu | Dhaulagiri | Everest | Gasherbrum I | Gasherbrum II
K2 | Kanchenjunga | Lhotse | Makalu | Manaslu | Nanga Parbat | Shishapangma

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