Mana Parbat III

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Mana Parbat III
Mana Parbat West
Mana Parbat III is located in Uttarakhand
Mana Parbat III
Mana Parbat III
Location in Uttarakhand
Highest point
Elevation6,730 m (22,080 ft)[1]
Prominence194 m (636 ft)[2]
Coordinates30°57′12″N 79°13′04″E / 30.95333°N 79.21778°E / 30.95333; 79.21778Coordinates: 30°57′12″N 79°13′04″E / 30.95333°N 79.21778°E / 30.95333; 79.21778
Geography
LocationUttarakhand, India
Parent rangeGarhwal Himalaya

Mana Parbat III (Hindi: माना पर्वत III) is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. Mana Parbat III standing majestically at 6,730 metres (22,080 ft). It is 43rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It is located 2.1 km ESE of Mana Parbat I 6,771 metres (22,215 ft) and 1.4 km north west lies Pilapani Parbat 6,796 metres (22,297 ft). On the south side lies the Chandra Parbat I 6,739 metres (22,110 ft) and on the south west side.

Glaciers and rivers[]

It is surrounded by glaciers on all the sides: on the southern side, on the eastern side, on the northern side and on the western side. Kalindi Glacier joins with and Chaturangi Glacier joins with Gangotri Glacier from there emerges the river Bhagirathi the main tributaries of river Ganga. Mana glacier on the other side drains into Jadh Ganga also called Jahanvi Ganga that joins Bhagirathi near Bhaironghati.[3] Arwa nala starts from Arwa glacier that drains into Saraswati river near Ghastoli that ultimately joins Alaknanda river at Mana village.

Neighboring peaks[]

Neighboring peaks of Mana Parbat III:

See also[]

  • List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand

References[]

  1. ^ "Himalayan Index - Results of Search by Group". www.alpine-club.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Mana Parbat I". PeakVisor.
  3. ^ Kapadia, Harish (March 27, 2002). High Himalaya Unknown Valleys. Indus Publishing. ISBN 9788173871177 – via Google Books.
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