This article is about the main western summit. For its twin summit to the east, see
Nanda Devi East.
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| Elevation | 7,817 m (25,646 ft)
Ranked 23rd |
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| Prominence | 3,139 m (10,299 ft)
Ranked 74th |
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| Listing | Ultra
List of Indian states and territories by highest point |
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| Coordinates | 30°22′33″N 79°58′15″E / 30.37583°N 79.97083°E / 30.37583; 79.97083 |
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60km
37miles
Bhutan
Nepal
Pakistan
India
China
The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).
- 1：Mount Everest
- 2：Kangchenjunga
- 3：Lhotse
- 4：Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West
- 5：Makalu
- 6：Kangchenjunga South
- 7：Kangchenjunga Central
- 8：Cho Oyu
- 9：Dhaulagiri
- 10：Manaslu (Kutang)
- 11：Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
- 12：Annapurna
- 13：Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
- 14：Manaslu East
- 15：Annapurna East Peak
- 16： Gyachung Kang
- 17：Annapurna II
- 18：Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
- 19：Kangbachen
- 20：Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
- 21：Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
- 22：Nuptse (Nubtse)
- 23：Nanda Devi
- 24：Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
- 25：Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa)
- 26：Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak)
- 27：Kamet
- 28：Dhaulagiri II
- 29：Ngojumba Kang II
- 30：Dhaulagiri III
- 31：Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu)
- 32：Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
- 33：Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
- 34：Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
- 35：Dhaulagiri IV
- 36：Annapurna Fang
- 37：Silver Crag
- 38：Kangbachen Southwest
- 39：Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum)
- 40：Annapurna III
- 41：Himalchuli West
- 42：Annapurna IV
- 43：Kula Kangri
- 44：Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri)
- 45：Ngadi Chuli South
Location in India |
| Location | Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India |
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| Parent range | Garhwal Himalaya |
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| First ascent | 29 August 1936 by Noel Odell and Bill Tilman |
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| Easiest route | south ridge: technical rock/snow/ice climb |
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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 74th by prominence
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Nanda Devi was considered the highest mountain in the world before computations in 1808 proved Dhaulagiri to be higher. It was also the highest mountain in India until 1975, when Sikkim, an independent kingdom until 1948 and a protectorate of India thereafter, became a state of India. It is located in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, between the Rishiganga valley on the west and the Goriganga valley on the east.
The peak, whose name means "Bliss-Giving Goddess", is regarded as the patron goddess of the Garhwal and Kumaon Himalayas. In acknowledgment of its religious significance and for the protection of its fragile ecosystem, the Government of India declared the peak as well as the circle of high mountains surrounding it—the Nanda Devi sanctuary—off-limits to both locals and climbers in 1983. The surrounding Nanda Devi National Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
