Mandani Parbat Explained

Mandani Parbat
Elevation M:6192
Prominence M:532
Prominence Ref:[1]
Range:Garhwal Himalaya
Location:Uttarakhand, India
Map:India Uttarakhand
Map Size:260
Label Position:right
Coordinates:30.7336°N 79.1992°W
First Ascent:Meszner and Spannraft climbed Mandani Parbat, on 20 September 1938.

Mandani Parbat is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Mandani Parbat is 6193m (20,318feet) and its prominence is 535m (1,755feet). It is joint 140th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies between Chaukhamba IV, 6854m (22,487feet) and Sumeru Parbat, 6351m (20,837feet). Its nearest higher neighbor Chaukhamba IV lies 5.5 km east. It is located 8.4 km SE of Sumeru Parbat and 6.5 km NE lies Janhukut 6829m (22,405feet).

Climbing history

In 1938, a German Expedition to the Gangotri Glacier had many first ascents of nearby peaks. On 20 September 1938, in a ten-hour climb from base camp, two climbers, Toni Meszner and Leo Spannraft, became the first to reach the summit of Mandani Parbat. [2]

In 1973 a small team from Pune led by Dr G. R. Patwardhan climbed Mandani Parbat on 10 June 1973.[3] On 18 September 1994 a team from Bengal was stopped just 100m below the summit due to a huge crevasse.[4]

Glaciers and rivers

Gangotri Glacier lies on the northern side of Mandani Parbat from the snout of Gangotri Glacier comes out Bhagirathi River one of the main tributaries of river Ganga. On the south western side lies Mandani Glacier, from there comes out Mandani river after a short run it merges with Kali Ganga at Jalmalla near Kalimath which later joins Mandakini River below Naryankoti near Gupt Kashi later it joins Alaknanda River at Rudra Prayag which ultimately joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Dev Prayag and became Ganga there after.[5]

Neighboring peaks

neighboring peaks of Mandani Parbat:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mandani Parvat . PeakVisor . 16 May 2020 . en.
  2. SCHWARZGRUBER . PROFESSOR RUDOLF . THE GERMAN EXPEDITION TO THE GANGOTRI GLACIER, 1938 : Himalayan Journal vol.11/11 . www.himalayanclub.org . 1939 . 11 . 16 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Mehta . Soli S. . Triennial Report 1972-4 Indian Himalaya. 16 May 2020.
  4. Web site: List of expeditions . www.alpinejournal.org.uk . 2020-05-16.
  5. News: Devprayag Times of India Travel . 22 May 2020 . timesofindia.indiatimes.com.