Nanga Parbat - Naked Mountain
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Subjects:
Asian Studies, Environment, Geography, Science |
Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No |
Running Time: 57 mins
Country of Origin: United States
Study Guide: No |
Copyright Date: 2002
Available in French: No
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At the far western end of the Himalayas in the Kohistani region of Northern Pakistan -- close to the border with Kashmir -- looms the massive Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain on the earth. Nanga Parbat, Kashmiri words for “”Naked Mountain”, is so named because its sides are too steep to allow snow to cover it completely. 30 years age, a young Pakistani geologist, Qasim Jan, went to the Kohistani region to chart its geology. His study began an international inquiry into the nature and history of Nanga Parbat, eventually leading to discoveries that have changed geological theory forever. |
Awards: Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
Links: http://www.lehigh.edu/~pkz0/nanga.html - The web site for Lehigh University's Nanga Parbat Continental Dynamics Project
