Diamer

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Diamer is an alternative local name for Nanga Parbat, the towering Himalayan peak in Pakistan known as one of the world’s highest and most challenging mountains to climb.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan peak
eight-thousander
mountain
alternativeNameOf Nanga Parbat
climbingSeason summer
elevationAboveSeaLevel 26660 ft
8126 m
firstAscentBy Hermann Buhl
firstAscentDate 1953-07-03
firstAscentExpeditionNationality Austrian
geologicalType fold mountain
hasClimbingRoute Kinshofer Route
Kinshofer Route
surface form: Mazeno Ridge route

Rupal Face routes
hasFace Diamer Face
Rakhiot Face
Rupal Face
hasNotableFeature large glaciers on its flanks
massive vertical relief
steep and avalanche-prone slopes
hasOtherName Deo Mir
Diamir
hasParentPeak Mount Everest
isOneOf eight-thousanders of the Himalayas
world’s highest mountains
knownAs Killer Mountain
knownFor extreme climbing difficulty
high fatality rate among climbers
liesSouthOf Indus River
liesWestOf Karakoram
surface form: Karakoram Range
locatedInCountry Pakistan
locatedInDistrict Diamer District
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas
locatedInRegion Gilgit-Baltistan
locatedInSubrange western Himalayas
surface form: Western Himalayas
locatedNearRiver Indus River
locatedOnContinent Asia
mountainRankByHeightWorld 9
nearestMajorCity Gilgit ONNED1
nearestMajorTown Chilas
partOf Himalayas
surface form: Himalaya mountain system
prominence 15118 ft
4608 m

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