Jorkanden
| Jorkanden | ||
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 View from Kalpa to the Jorkanden |
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| height | 6473 m | |
| location | Himachal Pradesh ( India ) | |
| Mountains | Western Himalayas | |
| Coordinates | 31 ° 29 '42 " N , 78 ° 22' 21" E | |
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The Jorkanden is a mountain in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh .
The 6,473 m high mountain is located in the western Himalayas in the Kinnaur district north of the Sangla valley and east of the town of Kalpa in the Satluj valley . The Jorkanden is the highest mountain in the Kinnaur-Kailash chain . The holy mountain Kinnaur Kailash is located 5.5 km southeast of Jorkanden .
The Jorkanden was first climbed in 1974 by an expedition of the Indian-Tibetan border police from the northeast.
Web links
- Photo at flickr.com