Manda III is a mountain of the
Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. The elevation of Manda III is and its prominence is . It is joint 81st highest located entirely within the Uttarakhand.
Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 2.4 km south of
Manda II and 2.8 km north of
Bhrigupanth . It lies 6.6 km east of
Jogin II
Jogin II is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Jogin II is and its prominence is . It is 110th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 6. ...
. It is located 6.7 km NW of
Shivling (mountain)
Shivling is a mountain at tapovan in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya, near the snout of the Gangotri Glacier, one of the biggest glaciers in the Himalayas, and Tapovan, a beautiful lush meadows, both being also popul ...
and 13.1 km east lies
Bhagirathi Parbat II .
Climbing history
A four-member team of Dalriada Climbing Club, Ireland comprising Andy Cunningham, Richard Mansfield, Gary Murray and Ian Rea climbed Manda III via the southeast flank and southwest ridge. On September 22, they reached the summit in alpine-style it took five days from base camp and to descend. According to them this was the first ascent. A previous British attempt at the peak from the northwest face and north ridge in 1986 failed at 6100 meters.
Neighboring and subsidiary peaks
neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Manda III:
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Thalay Sagar
Thalay Sagar is a mountain in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalayas, on the main ridge that lies south of the Gangotri Glacier. It lies in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, southwest of the Hindu holy site of Gau ...
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Meru Peak
Meru Peak is a mountain located in the Garhwal Himalayas, in the state of Uttarakhand in India. The peak lies between Thalay Sagar and Shivling, and has some highly challenging routes. The name Meru likely originated from the Sanskrit word f ...
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Shivling:
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Gangotri I
Gangotri is a town and a ''Nagar Panchayat'' (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is 99 km from Uttarkashi, the main district headquarter. It is a Hindu pilgrim town on the banks of the river Bhagirathi ...
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Gangotri II:
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Gangotri III
Gangotri is a town and a ''Nagar Panchayat'' (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is 99 km from Uttarkashi, the main district headquarter. It is a Hindu pilgrim town on the banks of the river Bhagirathi ...
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Jogin II
Jogin II is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Jogin II is and its prominence is . It is 110th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 6. ...
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Glaciers and rivers
On the western side lies
Kedar Bamak and on the eastern side lies
Bhrigupanth Bamak
Bhrigupanth (Hindi: भृगुपंत) is a mountain of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. It stands majestically at 6772 meter 22218 feet. It is the 38th highest located entirely within Uttarakhand. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain i ...
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Kedar Ganga emerges from Kedar bamak and joins
Bhagirathi River
The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism. In the Hindu fa ...
near Gangotri. Bhrigupanth Bamak drain down to Bhagirathi River near Bhojwas. Bhagirathi joins the
Alaknanda River the other 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 ...
at
Dev Prayag
Devprayag (Deva prayāga) is a town and a nagar panchayat, near New Tehri city in Tehri Garhwal District in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is the final one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda meets ...
and called 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