Mandir Parbat Explained

Mandir Parbat
Elevation M:6559
Prominence M:807
Prominence Ref:[1]
Range:Garhwal Himalaya
Location:Uttarakhand, India
Map:India Uttarakhand
Map Size:260
Label Position:right
Coordinates:30.8278°N 79.6039°W
First Ascent:In 1981 by an Indian team.

Mandir Parbat is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. The elevation of Mandir Parbat is 6559m (21,519feet) and its prominence is 807m (2,648feet). It is joint 73rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 10. 3 km south of Kamet 7756m (25,446feet). Its nearest higher neighbor unnamed summit 6909m (22,667feet) lies 5.7 km NE. It is located 6.1 km SW of Deoban 6855m (22,490feet) and 19 km SSE lies Hathi Parbat 6727m (22,070feet).

Climbing history

An Indian team from West Bengal led by Sisir Ghosh attempted Mandir Parbat in 1978 and reached a high point 19, 960 ft.[2] A 10-member team of West Bengal led by Shankar Biswas reached the summit on September 20, 1989. Summit was reached by Shyamal Sarkar and three HAPs Nataraj, Tendi and Tharchen. The team consisted of Subrata Banerjee, Debashish Biswas, Sanjoy Das, Dr. Sujit Guha, Ajoy Mondai, Bhaskar Mukherjee, Soumajit Roy, Shyamal Sarkar and Nishi Kanta Sen.[3]

Glaciers and rivers

Bank kund Glacier lies on the eastern side of Mandir Parbat. On the western side lies an unnamed glacier. Amrit Ganga comes from Bank kund glacier after a short run it joins Dhauli Ganga at Gamshali which later joins Alaknanda River at Vishnu Prayag one of the main tributaries of river Ganga. Alaknanda later joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Dev Prayag and became Ganga there after.[4] On the western side an unnamed glacier drains down to Saraswati River which joins Alaknanda River near Mana village.

Neighboring peaks

neighboring peaks of Mandir Parbat:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mandir Parbat . PeakVisor . 15 May 2020 . en.
  2. EXPEDITIONS 1976-1979: Himalayan Journal vol. 36/35 . www.himalayanclub.org . 1980 . 36 . 15 May 2020.
  3. AAC Publications - Asia, India—Garhwal, Mandir Parbat . publications.americanalpineclub.org . 1990 . 32 . 64 . 258–259 . 15 May 2020.
  4. News: Devprayag Times of India Travel . 22 May 2020 . timesofindia.indiatimes.com.