Nature · Main summit · bounded southern terrain section
Nanga Parbat: terrain elevation and local relief
Nanga Parbat uses an approximately 8,104-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 4,551 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 8,104 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Main summit · bounded southern terrain section
- In feet, rounded
- 26,588.9 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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Terrain boundary, base and datum
- Vertical reference
- EGM2008. Published surveys are separate; no datum conversion is applied.
- Highest sampled surface
- 8104.3 m at 35.238611°, 74.589444°.
- Local base
- 3553.3 m at 35.207778°, 74.645556°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West 74.529583°, east 74.650417°; south 35.207639°, north 35.270694°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 25.3 m east-west and 30.8 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
Gilgit-Baltistan’s Tourism Department lists Nanga Parbat at 8,126 meters in its May 2024 regional overview. This Copernicus section reaches about 8,104 meters in EGM2008 and includes only the documented summit-area terrain. Its southern boundary does not establish the bottom of the complete Rupal Face, so the local-relief figure is not a measurement of that entire mountain wall.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 3553.3 meters at 35.207778° latitude, 74.645556° longitude. This produces about 4,551 meters of relief within the stated boundary. It is not a universal mountain base, a route’s total ascent, or topographic prominence.
The rendered surface uses the public 2021 Copernicus release, primarily based on TanDEM-X observations from 2011–2015 with infill from other sources. It is a surface model rather than a current bare-earth survey. Neutral shading explains the geometry without claiming a snow season or photographic ground texture. No datum conversion or summit correction is applied.
Quick facts
Nanga Parbat uses an approximately 8,104-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 4,551 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism Department: Explore GB, May 2024 peak listings
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Wikidata: summit-area identity and initial coordinate
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
Approximately 8,104 meters is the sampled section maximum. The tourism department’s independent 8,126-meter summit reference and the full Rupal Face’s relief answer separate questions.
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