Deo Damla 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
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 ...
, India. It is situated in the eastern rim of
Nanda Devi Sanctuary
The Nanda Devi National Park or Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1982 is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in Chamoli Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, in northern India. The entire park lies at an eleva ...
on the
watershed
Watershed may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage)
Music
* Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
of
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 ...
and Nanda Devi basin. The elevation of Deo Damla is and its prominence is . It is 63rd 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 1.8 km SSE of
Mangraon . Its nearest higher neighbor
Rishi Pahar
Rishi Pahar is a Himalayan mountain peak, located in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It lies at the northeast corner of the ring of peaks surrounding the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, and on the eastern rim of the Nanda Devi B ...
lies 8.3 km NNW and it is 10.6 km SSW of
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 ...
. It lies 1.4 km north of
Bamchu .
Climbing history
It was first climbed by
Eric Shipton
Eric Earle Shipton, CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977), was an English Himalayan mountaineer.
Early years
Shipton was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1907 where his father, a tea planter, died before he was three years old. When he was e ...
and two sherpa's
Ang Tharkay and
Ang Dawa in 1936 during
Osmaston–Shipton 1936 expedition, as members of
Major Osmaston's party which went into the Nanda Devi region under the orders of the Surveyor-General in 1936. They climbed a peak on the watershed overlooking the Milam glacier and camped at about in a subsidiary valley. On 23 September they started before dawn to climb up a steep and difficult ice ridge which involved of step-cutting. Ang Dawa became exhausted early in the climb, and by the time Ang Tharkay and Eric Shipton reached the top the Milam glacier was filled with cloud, and they did not get the view they had hoped for. It was an unnamed peak at that time but highest on that side.
Neighboring and subsidiary peaks
Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Deo Damla:
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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 ...
:
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Mangraon:
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Lohar Deo:
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Lhatu Dhura:
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Rishi Kot
Rishi Kot is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. Rishi Kot means “the Rishis’ fortress”. The elevation of Rishi Kot is and its prominence is . It is 134th joint highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda De ...
:
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Changabang
Changabang is a mountain in the Garhwal Division, Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India. It is part of a group of peaks that form the northeast wall of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. It is a particularly steep and rocky peak, and all routes on it ...
:
Glaciers and rivers
On the eastern side it stands between
Bamchu Glacier and
Mangraon Glacier. Both these glacier's joins
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 ...
further east, from the snout of Milam glacier emerges
Goriganga River that later joins the
Kali River at
Jauljibi
Jauljibi (Jaul Jibi) is a small market town dominated by its bazaar on the Indo-Nepal border, situated at the confluences of the Kali and Gori rivers. Jauljibi refers to the villages and bazaars on both sides of the river. The Nepal-side villag ...
. On the western side
Uttari Nanda Devi Glacier joins
Uttari Rishi Glacier and drains into Rish Ganga.
Rishi Ganga
Rishiganga is a river in the Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India. It springs from the Uttari Nanda Devi Glacier on the Nanda Devi mountain. It is also fed from the Dakshini Nanda Devi Glacier. Continuing through the Nanda Devi National Park, ...
met with
Dhauliganga River
The Dhauliganga is a turbulent Himalayan river which rises in the border regions of India and China and flows south into the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. It joins the Alaknanda, the major source stream of the Ganges river.
Course ...
near Rini. Later Dhauli ganga met with Alaknanda at
Vishnuprayag
Vishnuprayāg is the confluence of India's Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers—the first of five major confluences of the Alakanda known as the Panch Prayag. It is located at an elevation of in the Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhan ...
.
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 ...
is 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
Bhagirathi River
The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent 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 the Hindu f ...
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.
Gallery
File:Deo Damla peak from approach valley Nanda Devi north sanctuary Thu 19 Jun 1980.jpg, Deo Damla peak from approach valley
File:Deo Damla peak from above camp2 SW ridge Nanda Devi north sanctuary Sun 22 Jun 1980.jpg, Deo Damla peak from above camp2 SW ridge
File:Deo Damla peak from camp3 SW ridge Nanda Devi north sanctuary Mon 23 Jun 1980.jpg, Deo Damla peak from camp3 SW ridge
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