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Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the 
Image:Chaukhamba from Tungnath Morning vvnataraj.JPG, Chaukhamba from Tungnath
Image:Chaukhamba from Tungnath Early Morning vvnataraj.JPG, Chaukhamba from Tungnath shortly after sunrise
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Image:Chaukhamba moonlit from Kartikswamy temple.jpg, Moonlit Chaukhamba from the Kartikswamy temple
Image:Chowkhamba mountain.jpg, Chowkhamba
Gangotri Group
The Gangotri Group of mountains is a subdivision of the Garhwal Himalaya in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It rings the Gangotri Glacier, and contains peaks that are notable either for their religious significance to Hindus, for their ...
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Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and forms the eastern anchor of the group.Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, ''Himalaya Alpine-Style'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, , p. 106. It is located in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, west of the Hindu
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holy town of Badrinath.
Chaukhamba has four summits, along a northeast–southwest trending ridge, and ranging in elevation from to with an average elevation 7,014 m; the main summit is at the northeast end.
After unsuccessful attempts in 1938 and 1939, Chaukhamba I was first climbed on 13 June 1952, by Lucien George and Victor Russenberger (Swiss
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expedition). They ascended the northeast face, from the Bhagirathi-Kharak Glacier. The other members of the expedition were the French alpinist and traveler Marie-Louise Plovier Chapelle and the renown French alpinist and climber Edouard Frendo.
Chaukhamba I is an ultra-prominent peak, with a prominence of more than 1,500m. Mana Pass is the key col
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
for Chaukhamba I.
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See also
* List of Himalayan peaks of UttarakhandReferences
External links
* * Geography of Uttarkashi district Mountains of Uttarakhand {{Uttarakhand-geo-stub