Anginda peak
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Anginda peak is in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats
Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...

 in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

. Its coordinate location is 11°12′26"N 76°27′51"E. It has an altitude is 2383 metres (7,818.2 ft) and is the highest peak in Silent Valley National Park
Silent Valley National Park
Silent Valley National Park , is located in the Nilgiri Hills, Palakkad District in Kerala, South India...

.It is just south of Sispara pass, and forms the southernmost boundary of Mukurthi National Park
Mukurthi National Park
Mukurthi National Park is a 78.46 km² protected area located in the south-eastern corner of the Nilgiris Plateau west of Ootacamund hill station in the northwest corner of Tamil Nadu state in the Western Ghats mountain range of South India...

 in Tamil Nadu. There is an unobstructed view of Anginda from the 30 m observation tower at Sairandhri Visitors Center.

There is a population of the endemic and endangered Nilgiri Laughing-thrush
Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush
The Rufous-breasted, Black-chinned or Nilgiri Laughingthrush, Trochalopteron cachinnans, is a species of Laughingthrush endemic to Peninsular India.-Taxonomy:...

 at the Anginda-Sispara
Sispara
[Image:Peacocke-Travellers Bungalow, Sispara.jpg|thumb|350px|View to the west, of Sispara bungalow and Sispara peak across the stream in Sispara pass from the Sispara ghat trail...

 belt inside the Silent Valley National Park. Serious trekkers can take a 4-day trek route, starting from Mukkali through Sairandhri
Sairandhri
Sairandhri is a place in Kerala, South India at about . It is the entrance point and visitors center for Silent Valley National Park. Sairandhri is the site of a controversial hydroelectric dam that was proposed in 1958 and finally rejected in 1984....

, Poochipara, Walakkad and Sispara
Sispara
[Image:Peacocke-Travellers Bungalow, Sispara.jpg|thumb|350px|View to the west, of Sispara bungalow and Sispara peak across the stream in Sispara pass from the Sispara ghat trail...

to Anginda.
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