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Chirbas Parbat (Hindi:चीड़वास पर्वत) 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 the Indian state of
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...
. It stretches and its prominence is . It is the joint 81st highest mountain located entirely within Uttrakhand. Chirbas Parbat lies between Kalidhang () , and Matri (). Its nearest higher neighbor Matri lies 3 km southeast. It is located 5.9 km northwest of Chaturbhuj (), while 13.8 km east lies Trimukhi Parbat ().


Climbing history

The first ascent of Chirbas Parbat came on 8 June 1986, completed by Kangchenjunga Foundation, Calcutta. The team was led by Indranath Mukherjee who was a member of the 1985 team led by R Bhattacharya. Goutam Dutta and Sher Singh reached the summit of Chirbas Parbat on 8 June.


Glaciers and rivers

Chirbas Bamak lies on the northern side. is on the eastern side; from there emerges , which later joins
Jadh Ganga Jadh Ganga (), also called the Jahnavi River, is a tributary of the Bhagirathi River in the Uttarakhand state of India. Course Jadh Ganga rises north of Mana Pass from the Lambi glacier, where the river is known as Lambi Gad (Lambi River). Tho ...
near Neylong. That further joins Bhagirathi river near Bharion ghati, one of the main tributaries of the 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 ...
. On the southwest side lies Deogad Bamak which drains between Chirbas and
Gangotri 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 Bha ...
.


Neighboring peaks

Neighboring peaks of Chirbas Parbat: * Chaturbhuj * Matri * Sudarshan Parbat * Kalidhang * Yogeshwar:


See also

*
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

{{reflist Mountains of Uttarakhand Six-thousanders of the Himalayas Geography of Chamoli district