- The youngest mountains of the world are present in ‘Pakistan’.
- Himalayas ranges have attained their elevation within the past “One Million” years.
- Nanga Parbat at 8,126 m (26,660 ft) is the second highest peak in Pakistan.
- Nanga Parbat means ‘Naked Mountain’ because some of its slopes are so steep that they are bereft of vegetation and snow.
- The longest glacier in the Great Himalayas is “Rupals” at 17.6 km.
- The Himalayas extend from Assam in India in the east to Pakistan in the west.
- The average height of Himalayas rises to an average of 6000 metres.
- Mt. Everest at 8848 m, located in “Himalayas Range”, is the highest peak in the world.
- The Great Himalayas lie to the South of the Indus River and North of the Indus River lies the Karakoram.
- Harmann Buhl was the first climber to set foot on Nanga Parbat, on 3 rd July 1953.