Dunagiri (mountain)
| Dunagiri | |
|---|---|
 The Dunagiri from Kuari-Pass | |
| Elevation | 7,066 m (23,182 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 1,200 m (3,900 ft)[1] |
| Location | |
  Dunagiri | |
| Location | Uttarakhand, India |
| Range | Nanda Devi Group, Garhwal Himalayas |
| Coordinates | 30°31′57″N 79°50′02″E / 30.53250°N 79.83389°ECoordinates: 30°31′57″N 79°50′02″E / 30.53250°N 79.83389°E |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 5, 1939 by André Roch, F. Steuri, D. Zogg[2] |
| Easiest route | southwest ridge: rock/snow/ice climb |
Dunagiri (7,066 m) is one of the high peaks of the Garhwal Himalayas in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It lies at the northwest corner of the Sanctuary Wall, a ring of peaks surrounding Nanda Devi and enclosing the Nanda Devi Sanctuary.
Dunagiri was first climbed on July 5, 1939[3] by the Swiss climbers André Roch, F. Steuri, and D. Zogg, via the southwest ridge. In 1975, Joe Tasker and Dick Renshaw climbed a particularly difficult route on the southeast buttress in a significant milestone for alpine-style climbing.[4] In 1978 the first Australian Himalayan expedition by the Australian National University Mountaineering Club made the fourth ascent via the south-west ridge.[5] Lincoln Hall and Tim Maccartney-Snape made the final summit attempt with Maccartney-Snape successfully summiting.
References
- ↑ This is an approximate figure, based on the 1:150,000 scale topographic map Garhwal-Himalaya-Ost, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research.
- ↑ Jill Neate. High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks. ISBN 0-89886-238-8.
- ↑ Some sources say 1947.
- ↑ Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, Himalaya Alpine-Style, Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, ISBN 0-340-64931-3
- ↑ Steffen, Will (2010). Himalayan Dreaming: Austrlaian mountatineering in the great ranges of Asia 1922-1990. Canberra: ANU E Press. p. 593. ISBN 978-1-921666-16-2.