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Nanga Parbat

8,126 m26,660 ft

Prominence: 4,608 m15,118 ft
Isolation: 187 km
Tonight: -37°CFog · Wind 6 km/h NW

Nanga Parbat is an 8,126 m (26,660 ft) mountain in the Western Himalaya, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

All facts

Elevation: 8,126 m · 26,660 ft
Nearest higher peak: K2 (8,611 m)
Range: Western Himalaya
Region: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Coordinates: 35.2385° N, 74.5896° E

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3D map

Nanga Parbat 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Nanga Parbat topographic map

200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Yakme. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 1,000 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGNanga Parbat satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-21.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Route

Trails toward Nanga Parbat

Mapped trails from the road get to 4,320 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.

From Yakme (hamlet)

Distance: 4.6 kmone way
Climb: +543 m−22 m (1,781 ft up)
Time up: about 2 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Nanga Parbat elevation profile

Ends 4,320 m below the summit.

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Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Nanga Parbat weather

Tonight · Fog · -37°C (-35°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Nanga Parbat forecast for the summit, about 8,126 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,264 m.

Tonight-37°–6 km/h NWBase -8°
Today-37°-30°3.9 mm10 km/h SEBase -8 / 2°
Sun-35°-30°6.0 mm8 km/h SEBase -5 / 0°
Mon-38°-30°–9 km/h SEBase -10 / 2°
Tue-37°-30°–8 km/h SEBase -7 / 1°
Wed-36°-29°–8 km/h SEBase -6 / 3°
Thu-34°-28°0.1 mm9 km/h SEBase -5 / 4°
Fri-38°-29°0.3 mm9 km/h SEBase -8 / 3°
Sat-37°-28°4.3 mm8 km/h SEBase -7 / 3°
Sun-35°-29°0.7 mm8 km/h SEBase -5 / 3°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Nanga Parbat

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Nanga Parbat, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Latbo Camp
5.4 km SSE · +2 more within 6.4 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Latbo CampCampsite	5.4 km SSE
Nanga Parbat Basecamp Rupal valleyCampsite	5.9 km SSE
Herrligkoffer Base CampCampsite	6.4 km SE

Slope

How steep is the route to Nanga Parbat?

The easiest mapped route, 4.6 km from 3,264 m to 3,786 m. Steepest stretch: 24°.

0 km · 3,264 m4.6 km · 3,786 m

0–15°4.4 km
15–30°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 52.0%Bare rock / sparse 26.2%Moss & lichen 13.4%Grassland 7.3%Water 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km, measured from the Nanga Parbat summit.

Summit list 8

1Nanga Parbat South Peak8,042 m 0.6 km SW
2Nanga Parbat Northeast Peak7,910 m 1.1 km NNE
3Nanga Parbat North Peak7,816 m 2.0 km N
4Nanga Parbat North Peak II7,785 m 2.3 km N
5Nanga Parbat Southeast Peak7,530 m 3.1 km NE
6Nanga Parbat East Peak7,597 m 3.2 km NNE
7Mazeno7,120 m 3.4 km WSW
8Rakhiot Peak7,074 m 4.9 km ENE

Where it sits

Where Nanga Parbat sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Rama Lake21 km ENE

How accurate is this?

22 m low This 3D map reads 8,104 m at the summit; the official height is 8,126 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 46 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	8,126 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	8,104 m	-22 m
Copernicus GLO-90	8,080 m	-46 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-21)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Nanga Parbat

West → east through the summit

From Yakme (hamlet)

Nearest campsite

Data sources