Srikantha is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. The elevation of Srikantha is and its prominence is . It is 151st highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 5.8 km NW of

Gangotri I 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 Bhagirathi � ...

Jaonli Jaonli is a 6,632-metre peak in the Gangotri range of Garhwal Himalaya. It was first climbed in 1965 by The Doon School expedition team led by Hari Dang. See also *Role of The Doon School in Indian mountaineering The role of The Doon School i ...

lies 12.3 km SSE and it is 18.6 km west of

Manda I Manda I is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India also called Manda. The elevation of Manda I is and its prominence is . It is joint 86th highest located entirely within the Uttarakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in ...

. It lies 14.4 km NW of Jogin I .

Climbing history

1st ascent of Srikantha done by Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Oct. 1971. On May 16, 1978, A team of ten men led by Milan Sen Gupta from Asansol climbed Srikantha. Further details are not known. A 12-members all Women's team led by

Chandra Prabha Aitwal Chandra ( sa, चन्द्र, Candra, shining' or 'moon), also known as Soma ( sa, सोम), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism) and ...

climbed Srikantba on September 27, 1997, from Uttarkashi, India. They establishing base camp at 4000 meters near Jangla in the Dudu Bamak and three more camps, the summit was reached via the north ridge. The summitters were Suman Kutiyal, Lata Joshi, Nari Dhami, Radha Rana and Kavita Budhathoki.

Neighboring and subsidiary peaks

Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Srikantha: *

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Gangotri II 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 Bhagirat ...

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Gangotri III 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 Bhagirathi � ...

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Jogin II Jogin II is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Jogin II is and its prominence is . It is 110th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 6. ...

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Thalay Sagar Thalay Sagar is a mountain in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalayas, on the main ridge that lies south of the Gangotri Glacier. It lies in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, southwest of the Hindu holy site of Gau ...

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Manda III Manda III is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. The elevation of Manda III is and its prominence is . It is joint 81st highest located entirely within the Uttarakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. ...

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Glaciers and rivers

It stands at the head of

Dudu Bamak Dudu may refer to: Places * Dudu, Hormozgan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran *Dudu, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran *Dudu, Jammu and Kashmir, a village in Jammu and Kashmir, India *Dudu, Rajasthan, a tehsil an ...

on the eastern side. The glacier flows from south to north and joins Bhagirathi River On the Southern side

Jaonli Glacier Jaonli is a 6,632-metre peak in the Gangotri range of Garhwal Himalaya. It was first climbed in 1965 by The Doon School expedition team led by Hari Dang Hari Dang (1935-2016) was an Indian educationist and a mountaineer. While at The Doon S ...

flowing from SE to NW and also joins Bhagirathi river. Bhagirathi River 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 river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

that later joins Alaknanda River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Devprayag and became Ganga there after.

References

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