UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · ATLAS — PEAKS OF INDIAN + INDIAN-CLAIM HIMALAYA
Major Himalayan Peaks 🏔️
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Atlas — Peaks of Indian + Indian-claim Himalaya.
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Key locations covered (21)
- K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) — PoK (Indian claim) · 8611 m · 2nd highest on Earth
- Nanda Devi — Uttarakhand · 7816 m · highest entirely in India
- Kamet — Uttarakhand · 7756 m
- Trishul — Uttarakhand · 7120 m
- Nanda Kot — Uttarakhand · 6861 m
- Dunagiri — Uttarakhand · 7066 m
- Nun — Ladakh (Kargil) · 7135 m
- Kun — Ladakh (Kargil) · 7077 m
- Kanchenjunga — Sikkim · 8586 m · 3rd highest on Earth
- Kabru — Sikkim/Nepal border · 7412 m
- Pauhunri — Sikkim · 7128 m
- Siniolchu — Sikkim · 6888 m
- Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) — Nepal-China border · 8848.86 m · highest on Earth
- Makalu — Nepal-China border · 8485 m · 5th highest
- Lhotse — Nepal-China border · 8516 m · 4th highest
- Annapurna I — Nepal · 8091 m · 10th highest
- Dhaulagiri I — Nepal · 8167 m · 7th highest
- Gangkhar Puensum — Bhutan-China border · 7570 m
- Namcha Barwa — Tibet · 7782 m · Eastern Himalaya terminus
- Saltoro Kangri — Ladakh (Saltoro Ridge) · 7742 m
- Mamostong Kangri — Ladakh · 7516 m
Sample questions (12 of 101)
Height of K2?
8611 m — second-highest mountain on Earth after Everest
Where does K2 lie in Indian atlases?
Karakoram range in Indian-claimed PoK (Gilgit-Baltistan); India shows it inside national outline
Other name of K2?
Mount Godwin-Austen — after surveyor H.H. Godwin-Austen
First ascent of K2?
31 July 1954 by Italians Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli
Why is K2 called 'Savage Mountain'?
Extreme fatality rate (~25% historical); only winter ascent in January 2021 by a Nepali team
Why the designation 'K2'?
From the Great Trigonometric Survey — 'K' for Karakoram and '2' as the second peak measured (after K1 = Masherbrum)
Height of Nanda Devi?
7816 m — highest peak lying entirely within Indian territory (excluding PoK)
Range and district of Nanda Devi?
Garhwal Himalaya, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand
First ascent of Nanda Devi?
29 August 1936 by Noel Odell and Bill Tilman (British-American team)
Biosphere reserve around Nanda Devi?
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve + Nanda Devi National Park — UNESCO World Heritage site
CIA-IB nuclear sensor incident?
1965-68 expeditions placed a plutonium-powered listening device on Nanda Devi to spy on China; lost in an avalanche
Nanda Devi East height?
Nanda Devi East 7434 m — eastern twin, first climbed 1939 by a Polish team
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Atlas — Peaks of Indian + Indian-claim Himalaya. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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