Trimukhi Parbat 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.The elevation of Trimukhi Parbat is and its prominence is . It is 99th 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 2.8 km NE of
Sri Kailash
Sri Kailash (Hindi: श्री कैलाश) is a mountain in Uttarakhand, India, the 47th highest located entirely within India. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in this category. Sri Kailash is the 204th highest peak in the world. The su ...
its nearest higher neighbor and 1.9 km south of
Trimukhi East . It lies 7.9 km North of
Pilapani Parbat . It is located 8.3 km NE of
Yogeshwar and 16.4 km east lies
Tara .
Climbing history
An Indian Army team, led by Major Bhajan Singh Bisht, climbed Trimukhi Parbat (6422 meters, 21,070 feet) on June 27, 1994. this was the first ascent of this peak. They approached through the Jadhganga valley via
Bhairon Ghati. Before that they climbed Nandi (5795 meters, 19,012 feet), and then East Trimukhi Parbat (6280 meters, 20,604 feet). These were second ascents of these peaks since they had been climbed by Harish Kapadia and Monish Devjani in 1990. The peak was climbed by Bisht, Lance Naiks Arjun Dev, Hardiyal Singh, Har Mohan Singh and Mohinder Singh and Havildar Atma Singh.
A team comprising Harish Kapadia Monesh Devjani and supported by Pasang Bodh and Yograj Buruwa of Manali. venture in this area in May 1990 after J. B. Auden visited the area in 1939. They climbed P 5794 and Trimukhi East but realized that Trimukhi Parbat is difficult for there small party.
Neighboring and subsidiary peaks
neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Trimukhi Parbat:
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Sri Kailash
Sri Kailash (Hindi: श्री कैलाश) is a mountain in Uttarakhand, India, the 47th highest located entirely within India. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in this category. Sri Kailash is the 204th highest peak in the world. The su ...
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Pilapani Parbat:
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Sudarshan:
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Mana Parbat I:
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Chaturbhuj
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Matri
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Sudarshan Parbat
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Kalidhang
Glaciers and rivers
On the Eastern side,
Trimukhi Glacier on the western side and
Lambigad Glacier both this glacier drains down to Jadh Ganga which also met Bhagirathi river near Bharionghati. Bhagirathi joins the
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 ...
the other 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 ...
at
Dev Prayag
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 t ...
and called Ganga there after.
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