Kalanka
| Kalanka | ||
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 The peaks of Kalanka and Changbang as seen from Bagini glacier |
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| height | 6931 m | |
| location | Uttarakhand ( India ) | |
| Mountains | Nanda Devi Group ( Garhwal Himalayas ) | |
| Dominance | 6.38 km → Rishi Pahar | |
| Coordinates | 30 ° 30 '11 " N , 79 ° 56' 27" E | |
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| First ascent | June 3, 1975 by a japan. expedition | |
The Kalanka is a 6931 m high mountain in the Himalayas in Uttarakhand ( India ).
The mountain forms the eastern higher neighbor of Changabang in the eastern Garhwal Himalayas . It is located in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve . A mountain ridge leads northeast over the 6,911 m high Saf Minal to the 6,992 m high Rishi Pahar . The seven-thousander Dunagiri is located west of the Kalanka at a distance of 7.4 km.
The Kalanka was first climbed on June 3, 1975 by a Japanese mountaineering group (Ikuo Tanabe, Noriaki Ikeda, Tsuneo Kouma, Kazumasa Inoue and Porter T. Singh). The route led over Shipton's Col, south face and west ridge to the summit.
Web links
- Kalanka at BMC (British Mountaineering Council) (with photo)
- Photo of Kalanka and Changabang from Rishi Kund at himalaya-info.org
- Photo at accidentaltrekker.blogspot.de