Rupal Peak () is a

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Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

's western

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of h ...

. The peak is located just south of 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 ...

on 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 ...

and is sometimes climbed by mountaineers as they acclimatize for higher altitude peaks. Despite its unique beauty, steep north face and impressive height, Rupal is greatly overshadowed by Nanga Parbat, the Mazeno Wall, and the mighty Rupal Face. To its west lie Laila Peak and

Shaigiri Shaigiri () is a mountain in Pakistan's western Himalayas. The peak rises precipitously from the south end of the Rupal Valley, soaring above sea level and some above the valley floor. To its east stands Rupal Peak, to its west, the iceflows o ...

, and to its north flows 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, ...

which later forms the

Rupal River The Rupal River () is an east–west glacial stream rising from the meltwater of the Rupal Glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. The stream flows through the Rupal Valley, south of Nanga Parbat, before turning northeast to the v ...

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Northern Pakistan - highly detailed placemarks in Google Earth
Five-thousanders of the Himalayas Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan Astore District {{NorthernAreas-geo-stub

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