Lohar Deo is a mountain of the
Garhwal Himalaya in
Uttarakhand, India. It is situated in the eastern rim of
Nanda Devi Sanctuary
The Nanda Devi National Park or Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1982 is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in Chamoli Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, in northern India. The entire park lies at an elev ...
on the watershed of
Milam Glacier and Nanda Devi basin. The elevation of Lohar Deo is and its prominence is . It is joint 133rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand.
Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. Lohar Deo situated between Sakram in the south west and Bamchu on the north west. It lies 1.2 km NNE of
Sakram . Its nearest higher neighbor
Deo Damla
Deo Damla is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. It is situated in the eastern rim of Nanda Devi Sanctuary on the Drainage divide, watershed of Milam Glacier and Nanda Devi basin. The elevation of Deo Damla is and its prom ...
lies 2.6 km NW .
Bamchu lies 1.8 km NW and it is 9.9 km NE of
Nanda Devi . It lies 11.6 km SE of
Kalanka
Kalanka (Hindi: कलंका) is a mountain of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. Kalanka stands at 6931 meter 22740 feet. It's the 20th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in this category. ...
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Neighboring and subsidiary peaks
Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Lohar Deo:
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Nanda Devi:
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Rishi Pahar
Rishi Pahar is a Himalayan mountain peak, located in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It lies at the northeast corner of the ring of peaks surrounding the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, and on the eastern rim of the Nanda Devi B ...
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Bamchu:
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Sakram
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Rishi Kot:
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Changabang:
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Kalanka
Kalanka (Hindi: कलंका) is a mountain of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. Kalanka stands at 6931 meter 22740 feet. It's the 20th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in this category. ...
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Saf Minal
Saf Minal (Hindi: सफ मिनाल) is a mountain of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. Saf Minal standing majestically at 6911 meter 22674 feet. It's the 21st highest located entirely within the uttrakhand India. Nanda Devi, is the high ...
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Glaciers and rivers
It stands between two glacier
Bamchu Glacier and
Sakram Glacier on the western side. Both the glacier flows down from west to east and joins
Milam Glacier. Further down south east from the snout of Milam glacier emerges
Goriganga River that later joins the
Kali River at
Jauljibi. On the western side
Uttari Nanda Devi Glacier flows down north and joins
Uttari Rishi Glacier from the snout of Uttari Rishi Glacier emerges
Rish Ganga.
Rishi Ganga met with
Dhauliganga River near Rini. Later Dhauli ganga met with Alaknanda at
Vishnuprayag.
Alaknanda River is one of the main tributaries of river
Ganga
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
that later joins
Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at
Devprayag and became Ganga there after.
See also
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List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state of India. This mountainous state contains, in its northern section, some of the highest mountain peaks in the world. Many of them are unclimbed; many are unnamed. A large number of peaks in Uttarakhand are still ...
References
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Mountains of Uttarakhand
Six-thousanders of the Himalayas
Geography of Chamoli district