Bhartekunta 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 Himalaya Sivalik Hills, the outer most hills of the Himalaya located in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Major peaks ...
in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Bhartekunta is and its prominence is . It is 69th 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). It is the 23rd-highest peak in the world.
Nanda Devi was consi ...
, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies between
Kirti Stambh and
Kedarnath (mountain). Its nearest higher neighbor
Kedarnath (mountain) lies 3 km ESE. It is located 2.3 km SE of
Kirti Stambh and 6.9 km north lies
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 ...
.
Climbing history
INDO-TIBET BORDER POLICE (ITBP) claimed the first ascent of Bhartekunta led by B.C. Khulbey on 6 June 1975.
A Spanish club de Esquí de La Molina, Girona, of Spain climbed Bhartekunta on 27 September climbers are Toni Bou, Kiko Colo, Josep Ximenis and Joan Sala.
Bhartekunta was attempted by An Indian team led by
Romesh Bhattacharjee Romesh may refer to:
*Romesh Batra, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
*Romesh Bhandari (1928–2013), Indian Foreign Secretary, former Lieutenant Governor of ...
from the Gangotri Glacier. They reached a high point of 6450 meters.
Glaciers and rivers
Kirti Bamak
''Kirti'' was a Punjabi monthly started by the veteran Ghadarite Santokh Singh in February 1926. It was purely a communist production, subsidized by the Ghadar Party in the United States. Within a few months, Sohan Singh Josh took over as the edit ...
lies on the NE side of Bhartekunta. On the SW side lies
Bhartekunta Bamak
Bhartekunta is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Bhartekunta is and its prominence is . It is 69th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It li ...
. On the SE side lies
Kedarnath Glacier
Kedarnath Glacier is located in Garhwal Himalaya mountain ranges, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
External links
Youtube Kedarnath References
Glaciers of Uttarakhand
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. Kirti Bamak joins Gangotri glacier.
Bhagirathi River comes out from the snout of Gangotri Glacier. Bhagirathi River is one of the main tributaries of river Ganga, which later joins 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 and became Ganga there after.
On the other side Bhartekunta Bamak drain down to
Bhilangana River which later joins Bhagirathi River near
Tehri Dam.
Mandakini River
The Mandakini River is a tributary of the Alaknanda River in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The river runs for approximately between the Rudraprayag and Sonprayag areas and emerges from the Chorabari Glacier. The river merges with river Son ...
emerges from Kedarnath glacier and 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 the holy river of Hinduism. In hydrology, the Alaknanda is considered the source stream ...
at
Rudra Prayag
Rudraprayag is a town and a municipality in Rudraprayag district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Rudraprayag is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River, the point of confluence of rivers Alaknanda and Mandakini. Keda ...
.
Neighboring peaks
neighboring peaks of Bhartekunta:
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Chaukhamba I
Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and forms the eastern anchor of the group.Andy Fanshaw ...
:
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Bhagirathi I
Bhagirathi Parbat I (Hindi: भागीरथी पर्वत I) is the highest peak of the Bhagirathi Massif of the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, India. It is the 62nd highest peak in India and 393rd in the world. The summit is 6856 mete ...
:
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Kedarnath Peak:
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Kedarnath Dome:
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Sumeru Parbat:
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Mandani Parbat:
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