Katapahar is a ridge in

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...

town in the

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n state of

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. Katapahar and

Jalapahar Jalapahar is a ridge as well as a locality in the hilly town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. There was a British military camp in this locality in the British Raj, Raj days. This ridge meets Katapahar ridge at Observatory Hill ...

ridges meet at Observatory Hill. The range on which Darjeeling is located is Y-shaped with the base resting at Katapahar and Jalapahar and two arms diverging north of Observatory Hill. The north-eastern arm dips suddenly and ends in the

Lebong Lebong is a valley about below Darjeeling town, West Bengal, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the ...

spur, while the north-western arm passes through North Point and ends in the valley near

Tukver Tea Estate North Tukvar Tea Estate (also known as Singla Tea Estate) is a tea garden in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Established in 1852, it wa ...

. Now available in the

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in this (accessed on 2 July 2007)

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