Mountain Peaks in India
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India has 7 major mountain ranges that have peaks over thousand meters. The Himalayan range is the most famous and the highest mountain range of India.
Major Mountain Peaks in India
1 Broad Peak:
It is also known as K3 and Falchan Kangri. It is located in Karakoram Range.
2 Godwin Austin:
It is also known as K2 and it is the highest peak in the Karakoram Range.
3 Gasher Brum:
It is located in the Karakoram Range.
4 Nanga Prabat:
It is located in J&K and the Indus river crosses this range before entering the plains of Pakistan.
5 Saltoro Kangri:
It is located in J&K in the Karakoram range.
6 Nun Kun:
It is the highest peak of the Zaskar Range on the Indian Side and is located in J&K.
7 Badrinath:
It is located in Uttarakhand and is famous for the Holy Temple of Badrinath (Lord Vishnu)
8 Nanda Devi:
It is also located in Uttarakhand.
- It is the second-highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country
- It is located in Nepal and Sikkim between the Teesta River in the east and the Tamur River in west
- It is located in Meghalaya
- It is also known as Phawngpui
- It is located Mt. Abu, Rajasthan
- It is located in Gujarat
- It is located in Pachmarhi, MP
- It is located in Jharkhand
- It is a Jain pilgrimage site where 20/24 Tirthankaras attained moksa through meditative concentration
- Its name is derived from Parsva, the 23rd Tirthankara who attained nirvana at this site
- It is the second-highest peak in the Western Ghats only after Anamudi
- It is located in Kerala
- Also known as Ashambu Hills
- It is located in the Andaman
9 Kanchenjunga:
It is the highest mountain in India and the 3rd highest in the world.
10 Nokrek:
It is the highest point of the Garo Hills.
11 Saramati:
It is the highest peak of the Naga Hills.
12 Blue Peak:
It is the highest peak of Mizo Hills.
13 Gurushikhar:
It is the highest point of the Aravali Range.
14 Gorakhnath:
It is the highest peak of Girnar mountain.
15 Dhupgarh:
It is the highest point of Satpura Range and Madhya Pradesh.
16 Parasnath:
It is the highest peak of Chhota Nagpur plateau and also known as Shikharji which means Venerable peak and Sammet Sikhar meaning the peak of concentration.
17 Mahendragiri:
It is the highest mountain peak of Orissa and 2nd highest of the Eastern Ghats. The highest peak is Jindhagada Peak, Andhra Pradesh.
18 Malayagiri:
It is located in Orissa.
19 Nimgiri:
It is the second-highest mountain in Orissa.
20 Kalsubai:
It is the highest peak in Maharashtra.
21 Mahabaleshwar:
It is a hill station located in Maharashtra.
22 Brahmagiri:
It is located on the border of Karnataka and the river Kaveri originates from here.
23 Kundremukh:
Kundremukh means Horse Face and it is located in Karnataka.
24 Doddabetta:
It is the highest point in Tamil Nadu and is located in Udhagamandalam (Nilgiri Hills).
25 Anaimudi:
It is the highest peak of the Western Ghats and also South India.
26 Agasthyamalai:
It lies at the extreme southern end of Western Ghats and is spread in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
27 Saddle Peak:
Saddle peak is the highest peak of all the islands in the Bay of the Bengal.
28 Mount Hariet:
It is the third highest peak of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands only after the Saddle Peak which is the highest of Andaman and Mount Thullier which is the highest of Nicobar.
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