{"id":128801,"date":"2026-10-13T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=128801"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:19:49","slug":"mount-mukut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mount-mukut\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Mukut"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mount Mukut Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a 17-member Indian Coast Guard (ICG) mountaineering team has successfully scaled Mount Mukut (7,045-metre).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Mukut<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a high-altitude peak located in the <\/span><b>Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India, in the <\/span><b>Zaskar Range near Mount Kamet.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>part of the Gangotri Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of peaks and lies in the western Garhwal Himalayas, within the Nanda Devi Sanctuary.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The peak is notable for its <\/span><b>distinctive crown-like shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which gives it the name \u201cMukut,\u201d meaning crown in Hindi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>occupies a transition zone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the greener, monsoon-influenced valleys of Garhwal and the dry, elevated landscape of the <\/span><b>Tibetan Plateau.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The peak was <\/span><b>first climbed in 1951 by a team from New Zealand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which included Edmund Hillary and George Lowe.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Topography:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its upper slopes consist almost entirely of exposed rock, permanent snow, glacier ice, and wind-scoured ridges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Garhwal Himalaya<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Garhwal Himalaya forms the <\/span><b>western part of the Central Himalayas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lies mainly in the <\/span><b>Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stretches from the <\/span><b>Tons River in the west to the Kali River in the east.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The region shares its northern boundary with Tibet (China) and the southern boundary with the Shivalik Hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has numerous rivers including the Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, Mandakini, and Yamuna.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dense forests of pine, oak, deodar, fir, and rhododendron.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2322315&amp;reg=19&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Mukut is a high-altitude peak located in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India, in the Zaskar Range near Mount Kamet. 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