Gori Chen is a glacier-fed mountain group in the

Eastern Himalayas ] The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The climate of this region is influenced by the monsoon of South Asia from June to September. I ...

. Peaks include the third highest peak in

northeast India Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the country. It comprises eight States and ...

. Other peaks include Gorichen II (), Gorichen East () and Gorichen South (). It is among the mountains of India that is popular for expeditions and trekkers. Gori Chen provided for training to the 19 Kumaon before its deployment in Siachen in the 1980s. Older expeditions passing Gori Chen include the Bailey–Morshead exploration in 1913 and Bill Tilman's expedition in 1939. The Bailey–Morshead exploration in 1913 has inspired a modern ''Bailey Trail''. Gorichen Main (6488 Mtr.) peak climbed by the members of Mountaineers' Association of Krishnanagar, West Bengal on 21st October, 2024 under the leadership of Tenzing Norgay Awardee veteran mountaineer Shri Basanta Singha Roy. Climbing members are Shri Basanta Singha Roy (64 years age), Ms. Rumpa Das, Shri Prasanta Singha, Shri Subrata Ghosh and Shri Partha Sarathi Layak all are MAK members. This team is the first civilian team of India who climbed Mt. Gorichen of Arunachal Pradesh.

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File:Map India and Pakistan 1-250,000 Tile NG 46-2 Towang.jpg, Gori Chen. U.S. Army Map Service, 1955 File:1913 North-Eastern Frontier and Tibet by Morshead and Bailey from RE Journal 1921.jpg, Gori Chen 21464. Bailey–Morshead exploration of North-East Frontier of India and eastern Tibet in 1913

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