Mukut Parbat

Mukut Parbat
Mukut Parbat Location in Uttarakhand
Highest point
Elevation	7,242 m (23,760 ft)
Prominence	840 m (2,760 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	30°57′08″N 79°34′13″E
Geography
Location	Chamoli , Uttarakhand, India
Parent range	Garhwal Himalaya
Climbing
First ascent	first climbed in 1951 by a team from New Zealand.First summiter are Cotter, Pasang Dawa Lama and Riddiford

Mukut Parbat or Mukut Parvat (Hindi: मुकुट पर्वत) is a mountain in Uttarakhand India, and the 20th highest located entirely within India. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. Mukut Parbat 96th highest peak in the world. There are two summits, the first one is 7,242 m (23,760 ft) and other one is 7,130 m (23,392 ft). It falls under Kamet Zaskar Range.

Climbing history

Mukut Parbat was first climbed in 1951 by a team from New Zealand through its sharp and steep western ridge. Edmund Cotter, Pasang Dawa Lama and Earle Riddiford reached its summit from the Dakhini Chamrao glacier which joins the Saraswati from the east. Mukut Parbat lies in the Zaskar Range which does not receive the heavy monsoon.

Neighboring and subsidiary peaks

Mukut Parbat is surrounded by three principal neighboring or subsidiary peaks:

• Abi Gamin, 7,355 m (24,130 ft), prominence = 217 m 30°55′57″N 79°36′09″E
• Kamet, 7,756 m (24,130 ft), prominence = 2825 m 30°55′12″N 79°35′30″E
• Chamrao Parbat 6,910 m (22178 ft)30°59′24″N 79°31′45″E

Glaciers and rivers

The West (Paschimi) Kamet Glacier. The branches of the West Kamet Glacier head on the western slopes of Kamet, Abi Gamin, and Mukut Parbat and Dakhini Chamrao glacier

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Uttarakhand