Mana Parbat III | |
Other Name: | Mana Parbat West |
Elevation M: | 6730 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 194 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Garhwal Himalaya |
Location: | Uttarakhand, India |
Map: | India Uttarakhand |
Map Size: | 260 |
Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 30.9533°N 79.2178°W |
Mana Parbat III (Hindi: माना पर्वत III) is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. Mana Parbat III standing majestically at 6730m (22,080feet). It is 43rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It is located 2.1 km ESE of Mana Parbat I 6771m (22,215feet) and 1.4 km north west lies Pilapani Parbat 6796m (22,297feet). On the south side lies the Chandra Parbat I 6739m (22,110feet) and Bhgirathi Massif on the south west side.
It is surrounded by glaciers on all the sides: Kalindi Glacier on the southern side, Arwa Glacier on the eastern side, Mana Glacier on the northern side and Raktavarn Glacier on the western side. Kalindi Glacier joins with Chaturangi Glacier and Chaturangi Glacier joins with Gangotri Glacier from there emerges the river Bhagirathi the main tributaries of river Ganga. Mana glacier on the other side drains into Jadh Ganga also called Jahanvi Ganga that joins Bhagirathi near Bhaironghati.[3] Arwa nala starts from Arwa glacier that drains into Saraswati river near Ghastoli that ultimately joins Alaknanda river at Mana village.
Neighboring peaks of Mana Parbat III: