Chaukhamba Peak
12-10-2024
09:38 AM
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Overview:
The two foreign women mountaineers who were stranded at an altitude of over 6,000 metres for three days during the expedition to Chaukhamba-3 peak were successfully rescued by the Indian Air Force (IAF) teams using choppers recently.
About Chaukhamba Peak:
- It is a four-pillar shaped enormous peak located in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, west of the Hindu holy town of Badrinath.
- It is a mountain massif that has four summits, along a northeast-southwest trending ridge situated in the Gangotri group of the Garhwal Himalayas.
- Being named as Chaukhamba Peak I, II, III, and IV, all of them have different elevations that lie between 7,138 m and 6,854 m.
- Chaukhamba peak I remain the tallest of all the four summits, i.e., 7,138 m above sea level.
- It towers above the Gangotri glacier, forming the eastern anchor of the group.
Q1:What is a Glacier?
A glacier is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid water that originates on land and moves down slope under the influence of its own weight and gravity.
Source: IAF choppers rescue 2 foreign women mountaineers stranded near Chaukhamba-3 peak
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