Atal II 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. Earlier it was known as P.6557. It was renamed after a team from the N.I.M
Nehru Institute of Mountaineering
The Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM India) in Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand is an institute that was established on November 14, 1965. The institute was formed to honor the great desire of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
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climbed four unnamed peaks and named it after former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ...
, according to Colonel Amit Bisht, principal of the N.I.M. The peak lies above the Shyamvarn Glacier. The elevation of Atal II is . It is joint 74th 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 6 km ENE of
Sudarshan Parbat .
Swetvarn lies 5.1 km WSW and it is 5.5 km east of
Chaturbhuj . It lies 2.9 km ESE of
Yogeshwar .
Climbing history
Atal II was climbed by Nehru Institute of Mountaineering led by Colonel Amit Bisht, principal N.I.M.in October 2018. The expedition was flagged off from Dehradun on October 4 by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. The expedition was jointly conducted by N.I.M. and the tourism department of Uttarakhand.
Neighboring and subsidiary peaks
Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Atal II:
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Shyamvarn
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Sudarshan Parbat
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Yogeshwar
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Chaturbhuj
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Matri
Matri may refer to:
*Matri (mountain), in the Himalayas
*Matri (biblical figure), ancestor of Saul, the first King of Israel
*Alessandro Matri (born 19 August 1984), Italian footballer
*Matri (brand), an Indian menstrual wellness brand featured on ...
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Swetvarn
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Kalidhang
Glaciers and rivers
Shyamvarn bamak on the western side.
Nilamber Glacier on the eastern side both these Glaciers are tributaries of
Raktvarn Bamak which drain itself at
Gangotri Glacier
Gangotri glacier (Sanskrit and ) is located in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India in a region bordering Tibet. This glacier, one of the primary sources of the Ganges, has a volume of over 27 cubic kilometers. The glacier is about long and ...
. From the snout of Gangotri Glacier which was called
Gomukh
Gomukh, also known as "Gaumukh" or "Gomukhi" (Hindi: गौमुख or गौमुखी ; Assamese and Bengali: গোমুখ or গোমুখী), is the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier and the source of the Bhagirathi Rive ...
emerges Bhagirathi river. 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 which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary riv ...
that later joins
Alaknanda River
The Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and a river considered holy in Hinduism. In hydrology, the Alaknanda is considered the sourc ...
the other main tributaries of river Ganga at
Devprayag
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 became Ganga there after.
References
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Mountains of Uttarakhand
Six-thousanders of the Himalayas
Geography of Chamoli district