Nanga Parbat (mountain)

Japanese: ナンガ･パルバット[山]（英語表記）Nanga Parbat

Located in the Himalayan range in western Kashmir, Pakistan, this is the ninth highest mountain in the world. It is 8,125m above sea level. Its name means "naked mountain" in Sanskrit. Many talented people were lost during multiple trial climbs by German teams, and it came to be called the Devil's Mountain. In 1953, H. Buhl of the German-Austrian climbing team (led by KM Herrlichkofer) became the first to successfully reach the summit alone after a difficult struggle. In 1983, the Fuji Mountaineering Federation was the first Japanese team to reach the summit. [Karibe Sadao]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

カシミール西部，パキスタン領のヒマラヤ山脈に属する世界第9位の高峰。標高8125m。山名はサンスクリットで〈裸の山〉の意。ドイツ隊の数次にわたる試登では多くの人材が失われ，魔の山と呼ばれた。1953年にドイツ･オーストリア登山隊(K.M.ヘルリッヒコファー隊長)のH.ブールが単身で苦闘の末，初登頂に成功した。日本隊では83年富士山岳連盟が登頂。【雁部貞夫】

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