Rishi Kot 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. 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 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 5.7 km SW of

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 ...

its nearest higher neighbor and 7.1 km south of Dunagiri . Bethartoli lies 13.4 km SW and 11.7 km SSE lies

Climbing history

In 1968 N.D.A. Khadakvasla venture in to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in Kumaon Himalaya. Led by Ft. Lt. V.P. Singh. They climbed three different peaks in the Rhamani Glacier. One of them is Rishi Kot climbed by the third party led by Lt. Mohindra the other members in the team are Nanda, Bhasin, Randhawa, Roy, Sherpa Instructor Pasang Temba, Sherpa Mingma Wangdi and four porters they summits on June 14. The three peaks were named Dl, D2 and D3 by the expedition team D3 is already marked on the Survey of India Sheet 53 as Rishi Kot. 11 A Polish team climbed northwest face of Rishi Kot, on September 9, 1979. Tadeusz Karolczak and Ryszard Pawlowski made the first ascent of northwest face of the ice-covered Rishi Kot (6236 meters, 20,460 feet). A technically difficult and steep, 5000 ft high wall. The alpine-style climb took them 16 hours to reach the summit, reaching ten P.M. The pair spent the night on the summit. Descending the next morning to Base Camp.

Chris Bonington Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL (born 6 August 1934) is a British mountaineer. His career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest. Early life and expeditions Bonington's father, ...

and

Dougal Haston Duncan "''Dougal"'' Curdy MacSporran Haston (19 April 1940 – 17 January 1977) was a Scottish mountaineer noted for his exploits in the British Isles, Alps, and the Himalayas. From 1967 he was the director of the International School of Mountai ...

during their 1974 Changabang expedition attempted the impressive ice-face on the W side had nearly climbed but retreated several hundred meters below the summit. In 1978 the Brown University expedition also unsuccessfully attempted this face.

Glaciers and rivers

Ramani Glacier on the northern side and Rishikot Glacier and

Changabang Glacier Changabang is a mountain in the 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 are serious under ...

on the eastern side. All these glacier drains into

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, ...

. Rishi Ganga meets with

Dhauli Ganga 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 Vishnu Pryag.

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

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and became Ganga there after.

Neighboring peaks

Neighboring peaks of Maiktoli: *

: *

Trisul Trisul is a group of three Himalayan mountain peaks of western Kumaun, Uttarakhand, with the highest (Trisul I) reaching 7120m. The three peaks resemble a trident - in Sanskrit, Trishula, trident, is the weapon of Shiva. The Trishul group f ...

: *

Devistan I Devistan I is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya located in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India. The elevation of Devistan I is and its prominence is . It is 52nd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi is the highest m ...

: * Devtoli: * Maiktoli:

References

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

Climbing history

Glaciers and rivers

Neighboring peaks

See also

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