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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Mountain in Uttarakhand, India}}<br />
{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Bhartekunta<br />
| other_name = <br />
| photo =View of Himalayan peaks from Kartik Swami Temple by Sumita Roy Dutta 33.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Kedarnath, Bhartekunta and Thalay Sagar from Kartik Swamy temple. (R-L)<br />
| elevation_m = 6578<br />
| elevation_ref =<ref name="Bhartekunta"/><br />
| prominence_m = 280<br />
| prominence_ref =<ref name="Bhartekunta">{{cite web |title=Bhartekunta |url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/bhartekunta.html |website=PeakVisor |accessdate=14 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
| listing = [[List of mountain peaks of Uttarakhand|Mountains of Uttarakhand]]<br />
| range = [[Garhwal Himalaya]]<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|50|39|N|79|02|05|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coordinates_ref = <br />
| first_ascent = Indo-Tibet Border Police claimed the first ascent of Bhartekunta led by B.C. Khulbey on 6 June 1975.<ref name=hj_45/><br />
| easiest_route = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Bhartekunta''' is a mountain of the [[Garhwal Himalaya]] in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Bhartekunta is {{convert|6578|m|ft|0}} and its prominence is {{convert|280|m|ft|0}}. It is 69th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. [[Nanda Devi]], is the highest mountain in this category. It lies between [[Kirti Stambh]] and [[Kedarnath (mountain)]]. Its nearest higher neighbor [[Kedarnath (mountain)]] {{convert|6940|m|ft|0}} lies 3 km ESE. It is located 2.3 km SE of [[Kirti Stambh]] {{convert|6279|m|ft|0}} and 6.9 km north lies [[Meru Peak]] {{convert|6660|m|ft|0}}. <br />
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==Climbing history==<br />
INDO-TIBET BORDER POLICE (ITBP) claimed the first ascent of Bhartekunta led by B.C. Khulbey on 6 June 1975. <ref name=hj_45>{{cite journal |last1=Chamoli |first1=S.P. |title=CLIMBS OF INDO-TIBET BORDER POLICE|journal=[[Himalayan Journal]] |date=1989 |volume=45 |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/45/21/climbs-of-indo-tibet-border-police/ |access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=aaj_1981>{{cite aaj |article_id=12198127300 |title=Peaks Climbed by the India-Tibet Border Police |date=1981|volume=23|page=273|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref> A Spanish club de Esquí de La Molina, Girona, of Spain climbed Bhartekunta on 27 September; climbers were Toni Bou, Kiko Colo, Josep Ximenis and Joan Sala.<ref name=aaj_1988>{{cite aaj |title=India—Garhwal, Bhartekunta |year=1988 |article_id=12198823003 |access-date=14 May 2020|links=off}}</ref><br />
Bhartekunta was attempted by An Indian team led by Romesh Bhattacharjee from the Gangotri Glacier. They reached a high point of 6450 metres.<ref name=aaj_1993>{{cite aaj |title=India—Kumaon and Garhwal, Bhartekunta Attempt |year=1993 |article_id=12199324503 |access-date=14 May 2020|links=off}}</ref><br />
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{{wide image|File:Kedarnath, Bharte khunta and Thalay Sagar at dusk from Kartik Swamy.jpg|600px|Kedarnath, Bhartekunta and Thalay Sagar at dusk from Kartik Swamy (R-L)}}<br />
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==Glaciers and rivers==<br />
[[Kirti Bamak]] lies on the NE side of Bhartekunta. On the SW side lies [[Bhartekunta Bamak]]. On the SE side lies [[Kedarnath Glacier]]. Kirti Bamak joins Gangotri glacier. [[Bhagirathi River]] comes out from the snout of Gangotri Glacier. Bhagirathi River is one of the main tributaries of river Ganga, which later joins Alaknanda river the other main tributaries of river [[Ganga]] at [[Dev Prayag]] and became Ganga there after.<ref>{{cite news |title=Devprayag |department=Times of India Travel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/devprayag/devprayag/amp_poishow/48770387.cms |accessdate=22 May 2020 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> On the other side Bhartekunta Bamak drain down to [[Bhilangana River]] which later joins Bhagirathi River near [[Tehri Dam]]. [[Mandakini River]] emerges from Kedarnath glacier and joins [[Alaknanda River]] at [[Rudra Prayag]].<br />
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== Neighboring peaks ==<br />
neighboring peaks of Bhartekunta: <br />
* [[Chaukhamba|Chaukhamba I]]: {{Convert|7138|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|44|59|N|79|17|28|E}}<br />
* [[Bhagirathi I]]: {{Convert|6856|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|51|00|N|79|08|57|E}}<br />
* [[Kedarnath (mountain)|Kedarnath Peak]]: {{Convert|6940|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|47|42|N|79|04|10|E}}<br />
* [[Kedarnath (mountain)|Kedarnath Dome]]: {{Convert|6831|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|48|31|N|79|04|44|E}}<br />
* [[Sumeru Parbat]]: {{Convert|6350|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|46|15|N|79|07|24|E}}<br />
* [[Mandani Parbat]]: {{Convert|6193|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|44|01|N|79|11|57|E}}<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>Qtree2009