Nature

How tall is Nanga Parbat?

Nanga Parbat rises about 8,126 m (26,660 ft) above sea level.

What is measured: summit elevation above sea level

Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) drawn to scale beside the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) and Mount Everest (8,849 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km), Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as Mount Everest
  • About 3× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 9.8× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 19% of the length of a marathon
  • About 25× as tall as the Eiffel Tower

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Facts about Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat is known as the 'Naked Mountain' and rises dramatically above Pakistan's Indus River valley.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Nanga Parbat; National Geographic, Nanga Parbat

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Nanga Parbat
Nanda Devi7,816 m (25,643 ft)0.96×
Mount Shishapangma8,027 m (26,335 ft)0.99×
Annapurna I8,091 m (26,545 ft)same size
Nanga Parbat8,126 m (26,660 ft)this page
Manaslu8,163 m (26,781 ft)same size
Dhaulagiri I8,167 m (26,795 ft)1×
Cho Oyu8,188 m (26,864 ft)1×
Makalu8,485 m (27,838 ft)1×
Lhotse8,516 m (27,940 ft)1×
Kangchenjunga8,586 m (28,169 ft)1.1×

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