Kalabaland Dhura is a mountain of the
Garhwal Himalaya
The Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Geology
This range is also a part of the Himalayan Sivalik Hills, the outer most hills of the Himalaya located in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Major p ...
in Uttarakhand India. It situated at the head of Kalabaland Glacier. The elevation of Kalabaland Dhura is and its prominence is . It is 158th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand.
Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi is the second-highest mountain in India, after Kangchenjunga, and the highest located entirely within the country. (Kangchenjunga is on the border of India and Nepal.) Nanda Devi is the 23rd-highest peak in the world and ranked 74t ...
, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 3 km south of
Kalganga Dhura . Its nearest higher neighbor Bamba Dhura lies 2.7 km ENE and it is 3.7 km west of
Chiring We . It lies 6.9 km NW of
Suli Top .
Climbing history
The first ascent of Kalabaland Dhura happened on 6 June, 1979 by Harish Kapadia, Vijay Kothari and Lakhpa Tsering. They taken the route from Camp 3 to a col on the north side of the peak. Then followed a steep gully to the top which had heavy cornices on the top. Kalabaland Dhura is a suggested name for this unnamed peak at that time.
A team from
I.I.T Bombay led by V. V. Limaye climbed Kalabaland Dhura in 1982.
Neighboring and subsidiary peaks
Neighboring peaks of Kalabaland Dhura:
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Bamba Dhura
Bamba Dhura is a Himalayan mountain peak situated in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India. With a summit altitude of , Bamba Dhura is situated on the north west ridge over the end of the Kalabaland Glacier in the eastern part of th ...
, 6,334m (20,781 ft),
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Suli Top, 6,300m (20,669 ft),
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Kalganga Dhura, 6,215m (20,390 ft)
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Chiring We, 6,559m (20,030 ft)
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Suitilla, 6,373m (20,909 ft)
Glaciers and rivers
Kalabaland Glacier
Kalabaland Glacier of Himalaya is situated in the eastern Kumaon division, Kumaun of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state of India. is 15 km in length, running NW to SE. It joins the
Yankchar glacier and both together form the
Shankalpa glacier, The Ralam Gad river originates from here which later joins
Gori Ganga
Gori Ganga ( Kumaoni: ''Gori Gād'') is a river in the Munsiari tehsil of the Pithoragarh District, part of the state of Uttarakhand in northern India. Its principal source is the Milam Glacier, just northeast of Nanda Devi along with the Gl ...
or Gori gad which originates at
Milam Glacier
Milam Glacier is a major glacier of Himalaya in the Munsiyari tehsil of Pithoragarh district of Kumaon region in the Uttrakhand state of India. The Milam village, near the snout of Milam Glacier, is the source of the Goriganga River which f ...
on the west of Kalabaland glacier.
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