Sri Kailas
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| height | 6932 m | |
| location | Uttarakhand ( India ) | |
| Mountains | Gangotri Group ( Garhwal Himalaya ) | |
| Dominance | 19.36 km → Satopanth | |
| Coordinates | 31 ° 1 '3 " N , 79 ° 10' 39" E | |
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| First ascent | 1938 by a German-Austrian. Mountaineering group | |
The Sri Kailas (other spelling: Sri Kailash ) is a 6932 m high mountain in the Himalayas in Uttarakhand ( India ).
The Sri Kailas is located in the northeast of the Gangotri group in the western Garhwal Himalayas . The mountain has a pyramidal shape. It is considered to be one of the residences of the Hindu Shiva deity. The Sri Kailas is the fourth highest mountain in the Gangotri group after Chaukhamba , Satopanth and Kedarnath . The Raktvam glacier , an eastern tributary glacier of the Gangotrig glacier , has its nutrient area on the southern flank of the mountain.
The Sri Kailas was first climbed in 1938 by a German-Austrian expedition led by Rudolf Schwarzgruber . She reached the summit from the Raktvam glacier via the west ridge.