Mana Parbat III explained

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.

Glaciers and rivers

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

Neighboring peaks of Mana Parbat III:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Himalayan Index - Results of Search by Group. www.alpine-club.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Mana Parbat I. PeakVisor.
  3. Book: Kapadia, Harish. High Himalaya Unknown Valleys. March 27, 2002. Indus Publishing. 9788173871177. Google Books.