Balbala (mountain)

Balbala
Balbala
	Balbala Location in Uttarakhand
Highest point
Garhwal Himalaya
Climbing
First ascent	It was first climbed On 25, August 1947 by the Swiss Expedition

Balbala is a mountain of the

Zanskar Range on the border between India and China. The elevation of Balbala is 6,416 metres (21,050 ft) and its prominence is 305 metres (1,001 ft). It is 100th highest located entirely within the Uttarakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 2 km east of Balbala West 6,282 metres (20,610 ft) . Saraswati Parbat I 6,940 metres (22,769 ft) lies 6.5 km ENE and it is 9.6 km WNW of Chamrao Parbat I 6,910 metres (22,671 ft). It lies 6.7 km ESE of Tara Parbat 6,069 metres (19,911 ft). ^[1]

Climbing history

It was first climbed in 1947 by the Swiss Expedition of there Garhwal Expedition in which they started from Gangotri range. The team consisted of Mme Lohner, Andre Roch, Alfred Sutter, Alexandre Graven, Rene Dittert and four Sherpas. On 25, August at 10.30 a.m. they reached the summit of Balbala. The summiters are Dittert, Sutter, Ang Norbu, Graven, Tenzing, and Annelies Lohner.[2]

Neighboring and subsidiary peaks

Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Balbala:

Kamet: 7,756 m (25,446 ft)30°55′12″N 79°35′30″E / 30.92000°N 79.59167°E / 30.92000; 79.59167
Abi Gamin: 7,355 m (24,131 ft)30°55′57″N 79°36′09″E / 30.93250°N 79.60250°E / 30.93250; 79.60250
Mukut Parbat: 7,242 m (23,760 ft)30°56′57″N 79°34′12″E / 30.94917°N 79.57000°E / 30.94917; 79.57000
Saraswati Parbat I: 6,940 m (22,769 ft)31°01′54″N 79°30′06″E / 31.03167°N 79.50167°E / 31.03167; 79.50167
Balbala west: 6,282 m (20,610 ft)31°01′16″N 79°24′49″E / 31.02111°N 79.41361°E / 31.02111; 79.41361
Chamrao Parbat I: 6,910 m (22,671 ft)30°59′24″N 79°31′45″E / 30.99000°N 79.52917°E / 30.99000; 79.52917^[3]

A team from the first battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) also successfully climbed the peak. On September 4, 2021, the ITBP Sector Level Mountaineering Expedition (SHQ Dehradun) code name 'Parakram' summited the peak. Team was consisting Six summiteers Assistant Commandant Bhim Singh, Sub Inspector Praveen, Sub Inspector Ashish Ranjan, Sub Inspector Nikhil Gahlot, Constable Sunil Kumar and Constable Pradeep Panwar including guide Raju Martolia. The expedition was launched on 7 August from Joshimath, Uttarakhand. It was the first summit by any Indian expedition after a Swiss expedition which made it to the top.

Glaciers and rivers

Ganga that later joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Devprayag and became Ganga there after.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Balbala". PeakVisor. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "THE SWISS GARHWAL EXPEDITION OF 1947". The Himalayan Journal. 15. 1949. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Himalayan Index - Results of Search by Mountain Group".
^ "Devprayag | Times of India Travel". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[Balbala-1] "Balbala". PeakVisor. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[2] "THE SWISS GARHWAL EXPEDITION OF 1947". The Himalayan Journal. 15. 1949. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[3] "Himalayan Index - Results of Search by Mountain Group".

[4] "Devprayag | Times of India Travel". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

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Climbing history

Neighboring and subsidiary peaks

Glaciers and rivers

See also

References