Vasuki Parbat

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Vasuki Parbat
View from the Chaturangi glacier to the south of the Vasuki Parbat

View from the Chaturangi glacier to the south of the Vasuki Parbat

height 6792  m
location Uttarakhand ( India )
Mountains Gangotri Group ( Garhwal Himalaya )
Dominance 3.68 km →  Bhagirathi I
Notch height 520 m
Coordinates 30 ° 52 '30 "  N , 79 ° 10' 31"  E Coordinates: 30 ° 52 '30 "  N , 79 ° 10' 31"  E
Vasuki Parbat (Uttarakhand)
Vasuki Parbat
First ascent October 2, 1973 by Indian-Tibetan border police
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The Vasuki Parbat is a 6792  m high mountain in the Himalayas in Uttarakhand ( India ).

The mountain is located in the Gangotri Group in the western Garhwal Himalayas . The Vasuki Parbat is located east of the Gangotri glacier and south of the Chaturangi glacier . A ridge leads south from Vasuki Parbat to the 6702 m high south summit ( ) and then west to Bhagirathi I (6856 m). The 7075 m high Satopanth lies 4.9 km southeast. In between, a tributary glacier of the Chaturangi glacier runs in a northerly direction.

Vasuki Parbat was first climbed on October 2, 1973 by members of the Indian-Tibetan border police under LP Semwell.

Individual evidence

  1. indianetzone.com
  2. alpine-club.org: Alpine Club Library - Himalayan Index
  3. ^ AAJ: Asia, India-Garhwal, Peaks Climbed by the India-Tibet Border Police