Dunagiri
| Dunagiri | ||
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 Dunagiri from the Kuari Pass |
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| height | 7066 m | |
| location | Uttarakhand ( India ) | |
| Mountains | Nanda Devi Group ( Garhwal Himalayas ) | |
| Dominance | 14.78 km → Hardeol | |
| Notch height | 1346 m | |
| Coordinates | 30 ° 30 '53 " N , 79 ° 51' 57" E | |
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| First ascent | July 5, 1939 by André Roch , Fritz Steuri , David Zogg | |
| Normal way | glaciated alpine tour | |
The Dunagiri is a 7066 m high mountain in the western Himalayas . It belongs to the Garhwal region in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and is located in the Nanda Devi National Park .
Location and surroundings
The Dunagiri is located at the northwest end of the so-called Sanctuary Wall , an almost ring-shaped ridge around the Nanda Devi .
Ascent history
The Dunagiri was first climbed by Europeans on July 5, 1939 by the Swiss alpinists André Roch , Fritz Steuri and David Zogg over the southwest flank. In 1975 Joe Tasker and Dick Renshaw managed to conquer the particularly difficult south-east pillar in alpine style . In 1978 it was climbed for the fourth time by participants in the first Australian Himalayan expedition over the southwest ridge .
literature
- Jill Neate: High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Meter Peaks . ISBN 0-89886-238-8 .
- Andy Fanshawe, Stephen Venables: Himalaya Alpine-Style , Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, ISBN 0-340-64931-3
Web links
Commons : Dunagiri - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Personal folder Steuri, Fritz, Sohn (PDF; 36 kB) in the Historical Alpine Archives of the Alpine Clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol, accessed on November 20, 2011.
- ↑ Andy Fanshawe / Stephen Venables: Himalaya Alpine-Style , Hodder and Stoughton, London 1995, ISBN 0-340-64931-3
- ↑ Will Steffen: Himalayan Dreaming, Australian Mountaineering in the great ranges of Asia 1922–1990 , ANU E Press, Canberra 2010, ISBN 978-1-921666-16-2 , p. 555