Fastest rising mountain
- WHO
- Nanga Parbat
- WHAT
- 7 millimetre(s)
- WHERE
- Pakistan (Himalayan Plateau)
- WHEN
- 21 January 2005
Nanga Parbat, in Pakistan, is growing taller at a rate of 7 mm (0.27 in) per year. The mountain is part of the Himalayan Plateau, formed when India began colliding with the Eurasian continental plate between 30 and 50 million years ago.