Mukut Parbat | |
Elevation M: | 7242 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 840 |
Listing: | Ultra |
Range: | Garhwal Himalaya |
Location: | Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India |
Map: | Uttarakhand |
Map Size: | 260 |
Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 30.9522°N 79.5703°W |
First Ascent: | first climbed in 1951 by a team from New Zealand.First summiter are Cotter, Pasang Dawa Lama and Riddiford |
Mukut Parbat or Mukut Parvat (Hindi: मुकुट पर्वत) is a mountain in Uttarakhand India, and the 20th highest located entirely within India. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. Mukut Parbat 96th highest peak in the world. There are two summits, the first one is 72420NaN0 and other one is 71300NaN0. It falls under Kamet Zaskar Range.[2]
Mukut Parbat was first climbed in 1951 by a team from New Zealand through its sharp and steep western ridge. Edmund Cotter, Pasang Dawa Lama and Earle Riddiford reached its summit from the Dakhini Chamrao glacier which joins the Saraswati from the east.[3] Mukut Parbat lies in the Zaskar Range which does not receive the heavy monsoon.
Mukut Parbat is surrounded by three principal neighboring or subsidiary peaks:
The West (Paschimi) Kamet Glacier. The branches of the West Kamet Glacier head on the western slopes of Kamet, Abi Gamin, and Mukut Parbat and Dakhini Chamrao glacier