Mountains of Pakistan

Our country Pakistan is blessed with so many natural attractions. There are beautiful lakes, fascinating forests, remarkable beaches and astonishing mountain ranges. Five of the world's fourteen mountains taller than 8,000 meters (26,000 ft) are in Pakistan. The world's famous mountains of Pakistan are as follows:
Tirch Mir:
Situated in Chitral, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, this mountain is the highest peak in the Hindukush range. The mountain gets its name from the Wakhi word for 'shadow'. It is said that Tirich Mir is a kingdom of Djinns, fairies, wizards, and witches who would not let human beings into their area. It is a cluster of rocky, ice-covered pyramids, located south of the second highest peak, Noshaq.
The mountain has great attraction for adventure lovers because climbing this mountain is considered risky and full of adventure.
K2 Mountain:
The world's second highest peak after Mount Everest is located in Karakorum mountain range. The Karakoram is a large mountain range straddling the borders between Pakistan, India, and China, located in the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan), Ladakh (India), and Xinjiang (China).
The K2 Mountain is located between the border, which is situated between Baltistan (in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan) and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County Kashgar prefecture in western Xinjiang, China.
In the word K2, K stands for Karakoram, means it is the second peak listed. Large sheets of ice cover the mountain. Sometimes big chunks of ice break off and slide down the mountain.
The K2 Mountain is a challenging peak for climbers because of harsh weather freezing storms and high winds. Many climbers around the world have tried to climb the K2 Mountain in different times. Most of them died during climbing and have listed as K2 Mountain death.
Climbers of the world claim that it is quite difficult to reach K2 from the Chinese side. Due to this reason, most of the times, the climbers climbed this mountain from Pakistani side. Another interesting thing about this mountain is that K2 has never been climbed in winter.
Nanga Parbat:
The world's tallest mountain is covered with glacier and snow, and situated in the western Himalayas range. It is the "Ninth" highest in the world and second highest peak in Pakistan. A study by the Geological department of Peshawar University in collaboration with European and US universities reveal the fact that Nanga Parbat was formed after the collision of Asian and Indian plates some 400,000 years back.
The British Alpine climber Albert F. Mummery led the first attempt to ascend the mountain in 1895, but he died in the attempt. At least 30 more climbers (mostly German-led) also lost their lives on Nanga Parbat because of the severe weather conditions and frequent avalanches. The Austrian climber Hermann Buhl was the first climber to reach the top in 1953.
The Kashmiri name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words nagna parvata, meaning "naked mountain." Diamir is a local name for the peak and means "king of the mountains."
Sakaser:
The mountain is the highest peak of of Salt Mountain rang. It gets its name from the extensive rock salt deposits that are present in the area. This range lies across the northern province of Punjab, from the Jhelum River to the Indus. The famous salt mines of Khewra, Mayo, Warcha and Kalabagh are present in 'The Salt Range'.
Chagai Hill:
The Chagai Hills are granite mountains in a desert area in the northern most part of Chagai District north of Pakistan's Ras Koh Hills and south of Afghanistan's Helmand and Nimruz provinces. Chagai Hills are present in an arid zone, which is outside the main monsoon belt. The Chagai Hills receive an average of 4 inches (102 mm) annually. The temperature is extreme: very hot in summer and very cold in winter.
Rakaposhi:
This magnificent beauty is situated in in the Karakoram mountain range. The mountain is located in the middle of Nagar Valley Nagar District and Danyore and Bagrote valley approximately 100 km north of Gilgit.
The word Rakaposhi stands for "Snow Covered" in the local language. Rakaposhi is also known as Dumani ("Mother of Mist" or "Mother of Clouds"). It is ranked 27th highest in the world and 12th highest in Pakistan. Mike Banks and Tom Patey, climbed the mountain in 1958.
Rakaposhi is notable for its exceptional rise over local ground. Rakaposhi is the only mountain in the world, which rises straight from beautifully cultivated fields to the height of 25,550 feet. On the north, it rises 5,900 meters (19,357 ft) in only an 11.2 km (7 mi) horizontal distance from the Hunza-Nagar River. The mountain is famous for its magnificent views of Rakaposhi from the Karakoram Highway on the route through Nagar. A tourist spot in the town of Ghulmat (located in the Nagar Valley) called "Zero Point of Rakaposhi" is the closest convenient viewpoint of the mountain.
Takhtae Suliman:
The highest peak of Suleiman mountain range is located in Balochistan. Suliman Range, is extending southward about 280 miles (450 km) from the Gumal Pass to just north of Jacobabad, separating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab from Baluchistan.
The meaning of Takht-e-Suliman, is Solomon's Throne. The legend connects with Solomon's visit to Hindustan.
The highest of the peaks, at 18,481 feet (5,633 meters), is the site of a ziyarat (shrine) visited annually by many pilgrims. The range's eastern face dips sharply to the Indus River, but on the west, the range declines more gradually.
Margalla Hills:
It is a hill range with many beautiful valleys and high mountains. Located north of Islamabad. The hill range nestles between an elevation of 685 meters at the western end and 1,604 meters on its east with average height of 1000 meters. Its highest peak is Tilla Charouni. The range gets snowfall in winters.
Interesting stories are related to the name of the hills. According to one legend, these hills have always been known as a habitat of snakes. Mar means 'snake' in Pashto and Persian galla means 'herd', therefore Margalla means a place with many snakes.
Some inhabitants believe that the word was derived from Mar Galla, meaning 'to strangulate, Mar means 'hit' and Galla means 'neck'. There were lots of bandits and robbers who used these hills as a sanctuary and would strangle travelers in order to rob them.
According to the research carried out by scientists and archaeologists of the project "Post-Earthquake Explorations of Human Remains in Margalla Hills found that The hills' rock formations are 40 million years old, and fossils of marine life abound, indicating that the Margalla Hills were at one time under the sea.
(International Mountain Day was celebrated worldwide on 11 December, 2017).