Pakistan is home to many mountains above . Five of the world's fourteen mountains taller than referred as "eight-thousanders" are in Pakistan, four of which are near Concordia.
Most of Pakistan's high peaks are located in the Karakoram range, the highest of which is K2 with a height of , the second-highest peak on earth. The highest peak of Himalayan range in Pakistan is Nanga Parbat (), which is the ninth-highest peak of the world.
Mountain Ranges
Following are the mountain ranges that are fully or partially included in Pakistan:
- Karakoram, including the world's second-highest peak, K2 ()
- Himalayas; highest peak in Pakistan is Nanga Parbat ()
- Hindu Kush; highest peak is Tirich Mir ().
- Pamir Mountains in the northern parts of Gojal Tehsil; the highest peak in the country is unknown.
- Hindu Raj in northern Pakistan, part of the eastern Hindu Kush, highest peak is Koyo Zom (6,872 m (22,546 ft)).
- Spën Ghar, starting from Tora Bora on the border with eastern Afghanistan west of the Khyber Pass, highest peak is Mount Sikaram (4,755 m (15,600)) .
- Sulaiman Mountains; highest peak is Takht-e-Sulaiman ().
- Central Brahui Range, range in central Balochistan, contains the highest peak of the province, Zarghun Ghar ()
- Margalla Hills, offshoot of the Sivalik Hills in the Himalayas of Punjab. Highest peak is Tilla Charouni ()
- Salt Range, a hill system in the Punjab Province that is abundant in salt; the highest peak in the range is Sakaser ().
- Toba Kakar, a southern offshoot of the Hindu Kush in Balochistan.
- Makran Range, a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan near the coast of the Arabian Sea. The narrow coastal plain rises very rapidly into several mountain ranges. Of its extent, about is in Pakistan.
- Ras Koh Range
- Chagai Range
- Kirthar Range, located along the Balochistan and Sindh provincial border. It runs north-south for about from the Mula River in east-central Balochistan south to Cape Muari (Cape Monze) west of Karachi on the Arabian Sea. The Hill Station of Sindh at Gorakh, in Kirthar Mountains Range, off Dadu, at the height of , averaging , is one of the two large plateaus in the Sindh segment of Kirthar mountains.
- Kirana Hills, The Kirana Hills is a small and extensive rocky mountain range located in Chiniot and Rabwah, Pakistan. Kirana-I nuclear tests were conducted in these hills.
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