Laila Peak is a major prominence at the southwestern terminus of the

Rupal Valley The Rupal Valley () is a valley located in the Astore District of Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan. It lies on the southern side of Nanga Parbat, and is accessed via the Astore Valley, which leaves the Karakoram Highway at Juglot, some south ...

in Pakistan. The peak soars above sea level and some above the Rupal Valley floor. To its north lies the

Rupal Glacier Rupal Glacier or Toshain Glacier is an alpine glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Ranging an elevation of to , it starts north of Toshain Peak with height of () and flows northeastward, ...

and to its east lies Rupal Peak. To the north of the

stands the

Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat () (; ), known locally as Diamer (), is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth and its summit is at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-a ...

massif, one of largest in the world. Nanga Parbat itself soars above sea level. About its flanks stand numerous notable peaks including Rakhiot Peak, Chongra Peak, Shaigiri and Mazeno Peak.

Sources

#Coordinates located using maps in ''Pakistan Trekking Guide'', by Isobel and Ben Shaw, printed 1993.

External links

German expedition to Laila Peak, Rupal Valley
Five-thousanders of the Himalayas Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan Astore District {{NorthernAreas-geo-stub

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