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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Bhagirathi Parbat III<br />
| other_name = <br />
| photo =Bhagirathi II and III (L-R) WTK IMG 0614 150917.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Bhagirathi II and III from left to right <br />
| elevation_m = 6454<br />
| elevation_ref =<br />
| prominence_m = 517<br />
| prominence_ref =<ref>https://peakvisor.com/peak/saraswati-parvat-ii.html?yaw=NaN&pitch=NaN&hfov=60.00</ref><br />
| listing = [[List of mountain peaks of Uttarakhand|Mountains of Uttarakhand]]<br />
| range = [[Garhwal Himalaya]]<br />
| parent_peak = <br />
| location = [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]<br />
| map = India Uttarakhand<br />
| map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand<br />
| map_size = 260<br />
| label_position = right <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30|52|55|N|79|08|01|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coordinates_ref = <br />
| first_ascent = 1933 by Kolin Kirkus and Charles Warren<br />
| easiest_route = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Bhagirathi Parbat III''' (Hindi: भागीरथी पर्वत III) is a mountain in Uttarakhand, India. It is the 95th highest peak located entirely within Uttarakhand, India. (The highest in this category is [[Nanda Devi]].) The summit is {{convert|6454|m|ft|0}}. It is the third highest peak of the [[Bhagirathi Massif]]. It was first climbed by Britishers Kolin Kirkus and Charles Warren in 1933, by way of the southeast ridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhagirathi III |url=http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/screen3.php?act=1 |publisher=alpine club |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2xMxA954wicC&pg=PA242&dq=first+ascent+of+Bhagirathi+I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJocfR1e_oAhUHcCsKHetQBOMQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=first%20ascent%20of%20Bhagirathi%20I&f=false</ref><br />
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==Climbing history==<br />
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Its first ascent by Britishers Kolin Kirkus and Charles Warren was completed in 1933. The first successful ascent by an Indian was on 20 October 1966. Janez Jeglic and Silvo Karo climbed the overhanging west face On 7 September 1990.<ref>https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/47/12/bhagirathi-hi-west-face/</ref><br />
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On 15th September, 2015 at 11:15 am [[Debabrata Mukherjee (mountaineer)|<br />
Debabrata Mukherjee]] and his team successfully summited Mt. Bhagirathi III via the north ridge.<ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20160305173047/http://www.jma-sangaku.or.jp/tozan/tozanjoho/151016Apex_GJSvol.%202.pdf</ref><br />
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==Neighboring and subsidiary peaks==<br />
The following are neighboring or subsidiary peaks:<br />
* '''[[Bhagirathi Parbat I]]''', 6,856&nbsp;m (22493&nbsp;ft){{coord|30|51|00|N|79|08|57|E|type:mountain}}<br />
* '''[[Bhagirathi Parbat II]]''', 6,512&nbsp;m (21365&nbsp;ft){{coord|30|52|55|N|79|08|01|E|type:mountain}}<br />
* '''[[Satopanth]]''', 7,075&nbsp;m (23,212&nbsp;ft), {{coord|30|50|42|N|79|12|45|E|type:mountain}}<br />
* '''[[Vasuki Parbat]]''', 6,792&nbsp;m (22,283&nbsp;ft), {{coord|30|52|30|N|79|10|30|E|type:mountain}}<br />
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==Glaciers and rivers==<br />
Glaciers associated with the mountain include Gangotri Glacier (east flank), Vasuki Glacier (west flank), and Chaturangi Glacier (north flank). The Bhagirathi river (also called Ganga or Ganges) emerges from the [[Glacier terminus|terminus]] of Gangotri Glacier.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mountains of Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Chamoli district]]</div>>Goutam1962