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  • Abu
  • Anamudi
    Anamudi
    Anamudi is located in the Indian state Kerala. It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India, at an elevation of , and a topographic prominence of...

  • Anginda
    Anginda peak
    Anginda peak is in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in Kerala, South India. Its coordinate location is . It has an altitude is and is the highest peak in Silent Valley National Park.It is just south of Sispara pass, and forms the southernmost boundary of Mukurthi National Park in Tamil Nadu...

  • Arganglas
  • Bambi Dhura
  • Bandarpunch
    Bandarpunch
    Bandarpunch is a major peak of the Garhwal division of the Himalayas, in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. It literally means "Tail of the monkey" or "Tail of Hanuman" in Hindi. It's a twin peak: Bandarpunch-I & Bandarpunch-II...

  • Blue Mountain
  • Burphu Dhura
    Burphu Dhura
    Burphu Dhura is a Himalayan mountain peak situated in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India. The altitude of the summit is 6,334 m. It is situated at the end ridge over the Kalabaland Glacier in the eastern part of the district, left to the Milam Glacier. Kalabaland Dhura is situated...

  • Chandrashila
    Chandrashila
    Chandrashila is summit of the Tungnath . It literally means "Moon Rock".It is located at a height of about above sea level. This peak provides a spectacular view of Himalayas,especially Nandadevi, Trisul, Kedar Peak, Bandarpunch and Chaukhamba peaks. There are various legends associated with this...

  • Changuch
    Changuch
    Changuch is a Himalayan mountain peak situated at the boundary of Pithoragarh and Bageshwar district of the Uttarakhand state of India. This peak is situated above the Pindari Glacier. This peak offers a ridge leading to Nanda Kot. On its massif Traill's pass is situated, which connects Pindari...

  • Chaudhara
    Chaudhara
    Chaudhara is a Himalayan mountain peak, situated in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. The altitude of the peak is 6,510 m. The peak lies to the south of Ralam pass and north west of Panchchuli. The peak is so named due to the peak having four corners. The peak was climbed...

  • Chaukhamba
    Chaukhamba
    Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and forms the eastern anchor of the group...

  • Chiring We
    Chiring We
    Stefan Platteau is the Himalayan peak situated in eastern Kumaun of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. The altitude of the peak is 6,559 m. Chiring We is the highest peak above the Kalabaland Glacier...

  • Chong Khumdan
  • Doddabetta
    Doddabetta
    Doddabetta is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri Hills, at 2637 metre . There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9 km from Ooty,on Ooty-Kotagiri Road in the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, South India...

  • Gangotri
  • Gauri Parbat
  • Gya
    Gya
    In astronomy, geology, and paleontology, Gya or Ga is a year multiplied by one of the SI prefix multipliers. It is often used as a unit of time to denote length of time before the present...

  • Greftagime
  • Hardeol
    Hardeol
    Hardeol or 'Temple of God' is one of the major peaks of the Kumaon Himalaya. It is the highest peak on the northern side of the ring of peaks guarding the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, and lies at the northeast corner of this ring. It is situated at the northern end of the Milam valley, in the Pithoragarh...

  • Hathi Parbat
  • Jonglingkong or Baba Kailash
  • Kalsubai
    Kalsubai
    Kalsubai Peak of the Sahyadris in Akole Taluka, of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.To reach the summit there are various trekking routes and animal tracks. The main route starts from the village of Bari which is about six km from Bhandardara. To reach Bari, one has to travel to Igatpuri on the...

  • Kalanag
    Kalanag
    Kalanag or Black Peak is of the major peaks in Bandarpunch mountain range, others being Bandarpunch I and Bandarpunch II . It literally means "Black Cobra". It is close to the Ruinsara Valley....

  • Kamet
    Kamet
    Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of India, after Nanda Devi. It lies in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand, close to the border with Tibet. It is the third highest mountain in India Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of India, after Nanda Devi....

  • Kangchenjunga
    Kangchenjunga
    Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain of the world with an elevation of and located along the India-Nepal border in the Himalayas.Kangchenjunga is also the name of the section of the Himalayas and means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as it contains five peaks, four of them over...

     ; highest in India and #3 in the world
  • Kangyatse
  • Kapilash
  • Katphori Tiba
  • Kedarnath
  • Mamostong Kangri
    Mamostong Kangri
    Mamostong Kangri or Mamostang Kangri is the highest peak in the remote Rimo Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range in India near its border with China. It is located about 30 km east-southeast of the snout of the Siachen Glacier...

  • Mentok
  • Mol Len
    Mol Len
    Mol Len is a mountain in Southeast Asia. Rising to , it sits on the international border between Burma and India. It is considered to be one the ultra prominent peaks in Southeast Asia....

  • Mount Abu
  • Mullayanagiri
    Mullayanagiri
    Mullayanagiri , is the highest peak in Karnataka, India. Mullayanagiri is located at in the Baba Budan Giri Range of the Western Ghats...

  • Nagalaphu
    Nagalaphu
    Nagalaphu is a Himalayan mountain peak located in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It is the part of Himalayan mountain massif that divides Lassar-Darma valley and Ralam-Gori Ganga valley. Its summit reaches an altitude of 6,410 metres above sea level.South of the peak are...

  • Nag Tibba
    Nag Tibba
    Nag Tibba , , is the highest peak in the lesser himalayan region of Uttarakhand state , and lends its name to the 'Nag Tibba Range', itself the next-northerly of the five folds of the Himalaya. It is situated away from Landour cantonment, and around 57 km from Mussoorie in Tehri Garhwal...

  • Nanda Devi
    Nanda Devi
    Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country ; owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations on Dhaulagiri by western surveyors in 1808...

     — second highest
  • Nanda Devi East
  • Nanda Gond
    Nanda Gond
    Nanda Gond is the Himalayan mountain peak situated in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state of India. It is located in the Milam valley on the east of Milam Glacier. The altitude of the summit is 6,315 m. Ikualari , Nanda Pal , Nital Thaur , are its neighbouring peaks. Unta Dhura Pass...

  • Nanda Kot
    Nanda Kot
    Nanda Kot is a mountain peak of the Himalaya range located in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It lies in the Kumaon Himalaya, just outside of the ring of peaks enclosing the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, southeast of Nanda Devi itself...

  • Nanda Pal
    Nanda Pal
    Nanda Pal is the Himalayan mountain peak situated in the eastern part of Uttarakhand state in Pithoragarh district , India. The altitude of the summit is 6,306 m. Nanda Pal is situated on the eastern flank of Milam Glacier on north south massif. Other nearby peaks on the ridge are Ikualari...

  • Nilkantha
  • Nun Kun
    Nun Kun
    The Nun Kun mountain massif comprises a pair of Himalayan peaks: Nun, 7,135 m and its neighbor peak Kun, 7,077 m . Nun is the highest peak in the part of the Himalayan range lying on the Indian side of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir...

  • Panchchuli
    Panchchuli
    The Panchchuli peaks are a group of five snow-capped Himalayan peaks lying at the end of the eastern Kumaon region, near Munsiyari, in Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand state, India. The peaks have altitudes ranging from to . They form the watershed between the Gori and the Darmaganga valleys....

  • Pandim
    Mount Pandim
    Mount Pandim is a Himalayan mountain located in Sikkim, India....

  • Plateau Peak
  • Rajrambha
    Rajrambha
    Rajrambha is the name of a Himalayan mountain peak, situated in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state of India. It means 'celestial nymph' in Hindi. This peak is situated south of the Kalabaland Glacier in eastern Kumaun in the Ralam valley. The summit of the peak is 6,537 m...

  • Rimo I
    Rimo I
    Rimo I is the main summit of the Rimo massif with an elevation of . It lies in the northern part of the remote Rimo Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It is located about 20 km northeast of the snout of the Siachen Glacier...

  • Rishi Pahar
    Rishi Pahar
    Rishi Pahar is a Himalayan mountain peak, located in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It lies at the northeast corner of the ring of peaks surrounding the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, and on the eastern rim of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, just south of Trishuli and Hardeol. The...

  • Saltoro Kangri
    Saltoro Kangri
    Saltoro Kangri is the highest peak of the Saltoro Mountains, better known as the Saltoro Range, which is a minor range of the Karakoram. It is one of the highest mountains on Earth, but it is in a very remote location deep in the Karakoram....

  • Saser Kangri
    Saser Kangri
    Saser Kangri is the highest peak in the Saser Muztagh, the easternmost subrange of the Karakoram range in India.The Saser Kangri massif consists of five named peaks:...

  • Sangthang
    Sangthang
    Sangthang is the Himalayan peak in Kumaon Himalayas in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state of India. It is situated in the easternmost part of Kumaun, lining Byans valley. The peak is situated on Indo-Tibet border. The altitude of the peak is 6,480 m. This peak is near to Jolingkong lake...

  • 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...

  • Siniolchu
    Siniolchu
    Siniolchu is one of the tallest mountains of the Indian state of Sikkim. The mountain is considered to be a particularly beautiful mountain, having been described by Douglas Freshfield as "the most superb triumph of mountain architecture and the most beautiful snow mountain in the world"...

  • Suj Tilla East
    Suj Tilla East
    Suj Tilla Eest is a Himalayan mountain peak in the eastern part of Uttarakhand state in Pithoragarh district of India. The peak is located above the junction of Kalabaland, Sankalp and Yankchar glaciers. Ralam Dhura pass is situated to the south of this peak, which connects Ralam valley to Darma...

  • Suj Tilla West
  • Sujarkamiltan
  • Suli Top
    Suli Top
    Suli Top is a Himalayan mountain peak in the Pithoragarh district of the Uttarakhand state of India. It is situated over the eastern flank of Kalabaland Glacier, east of Johar Valley. The other peaks on the massif are Chiring We , Trigal , and Bamba Dhura , etc. This ridge is a geographical...

  • Swargarohini
    Swargarohini
    Swargarohini is a mountain massif in the Bandarpunch Range of the Garhwal Himalaya. It lies in the Uttarkashi District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, west of the Gangotri group of peaks. It comprises four separate peaks; Swargarohini I is the main peak, and is the subject of this...

  • Trishuli
    Trishuli
    Tirsuli is a Himalayan mountain peak in the Pithoragarh district of Kumaon Uttarakhand, India. It is part of the complex of mountains, including Tirsuli West, Hardeol, Dunagiri, Changabang, and Kalanka, which make up the northeast wall of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, in the Garhwal Himalaya. It rises...

  • Trisul
    Trisul
    Trisul is a group of three Himalayan mountain peaks of western Kumaun, with the highest reaching 7120m. The three peaks resemble a trident - in Hindi/Sanskrit, Trishul, trident, is the weapon of Shiva. The Trishul group forms the southeast corner of the ring of peaks enclosing the Nanda Devi...

  • Yamnotri


Mountain ranges

  • Agasthyamalai Hills
    Agasthyamalai Hills
    The Agasthyamalai Hills also called the Ashambu Hills, lie at the extreme southern end of the Western Ghats mountain range along the western side of South India. There are at least 26 peaks over among these hills...

  • Aravalli Range
    Aravalli Range
    The Aravalli Range literally meaning 'line of peaks', is a range of mountains in western India and eastern Pakistan running approximately 800 km from northeast to southwest across states of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat and Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh...

  • Anamalai Hills
  • Camore Hills
  • Cardamom Hills
    Cardamom Hills
    Not to be confused with Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia. For other uses, see Cardamom The Cardamom Hills are part of the southern Western Ghats located in southeast Kerala and southwest Tamil Nadu in South India. Their name comes from the cardamom spice grown in much of the hill's cool elevation,...

  • Eastern Ghats
    Eastern Ghats
    The Eastern Ghats or Eastern Ghauts are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast. The Eastern Ghats run from West Bengal state in the north, through Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the south passing some parts of Karnataka. They are eroded and cut through by the...

  • Garo Hills
    Garo Hills
    The Garo Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. They are inhabited mainly by tribal dwellers. Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, is located in this range. It is one of the wettest places in the world. The range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion.Garo Hills...

  • Great Indian
  • Himalayas
    Himalayas
    The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...

  • Jaintia Hills
  • Karakoram Range
  • Khasi Hills
    Khasi Hills
    The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in the Indian state of Meghalaya, and is part of the Patkai range and of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion...

  • Manipur Hills
  • Mizo Hills
  • Naga Hills
    Naga hills
    Naga hills, reaching a height of around 3825 metres, lie on the border of India and Burma . These hills are part of a complex mountain system, and the parts of the mountain ranges inside the Indian state of Nagaland and the Burmese region of Sagaing are called the Naga Hills.In British India, the...

  • Nag Tibba Range
  • Nilgiri Hills
  • Palani Hills
  • Patkai Hills
  • Pir Panjal Range
    Pir Panjal Range
    The Pir Panjal ranges lie in the Inner Himalayan region, running from east southeast to west northwest across the states of Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir in India as well as Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where the average elevation varies from to . The Himalayas show a gradual elevation towards...

  • Purvanchal Range
    Purvanchal Range
    The Purvanchal Range is an eastward extension of the Himalayas in the north-eastern region of India. It comprises the Patkai hills, the Manipur hills, Bairal range, the Mizo hills and the Naga hills...

  • Satpura Range
    Satpura Range
    The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat state near the Arabian Sea coast, running east through Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Chhattisgarh. The range parallels the Vindhya Range to the north, and these two east-west ranges divide the...

  • Sahyadri
  • Shivalik Hills
  • Vindhya Range
    Vindhya Range
    The Vindhya Range is a range of older rounded mountains and hills in the west-central Indian subcontinent, which geographically separates the Indian subcontinent into northern India and Southern India.- Introduction :...

  • 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...

  • Zanskar Range

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