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Noun: Nanga Parbat  'núng-gu'pur-but
  1. A mountain peak in the western Himalayas in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, reaching 26,660 feet (8,126 meters), the ninth highest mountain in the world
    "Nanga Parbat is known as 'Killer Mountain' due to its climbing difficulty"

Type of: mountain peak

Part of: Cashmere, Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir

Encyclopedia: Nanga Parbat, Gilgit-Baltistan