What Are the Tallest Mountains In The World?

9. Nanga Parbat

The ninth highest mountain is Nanga Parbat at 8,126 meters (26,660 feet) tall. Found in the western Himalayas Nanga Parbat is within the borders of Pakistan.

Because it is close to Tibet, some people call the mountain by its Tibetan name Deo Mir which translates to "huge mountain." A common nickname for Naga Parbat is the "Killer Mountain" due to a large number of deaths from those attempting to scale this peak. Although the 85 fatalities are lower than the 297 on Everest, the mountain is still considered a precarious climb. The nickname came from the 31 deaths on the mountain before the summit was first reached in 1953 by the solo Austrian climber Hermann Buhl. The failed 1934 expedition was the worst climbing disaster at the time when ten people lost their lives. However, today the ill-fated attempt is more famous as it was fully funded by Hitler's Nazi party.