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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Chaukhamba I<br />
| photo = Mt. Chaukhamba.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Chaukhamba peak as seen from [[Deoria Tal|Deoria Tal/Lake]] in [[Chandrashila|Chandrashila peak]]<br />
| elevation_m = 7138<br />
| elevation_ref = <ref name="shuva_1986">[http://www.indmount.org/openpeaksuttarakhand.html IMF] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011045559/http://www.indmount.org/openpeaksuttarakhand.html |date=11 October 2008 }}</ref><br />
| prominence_m = 1594<br />
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist">{{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/karakoram.html|title=High Asia I: The Karakoram, Pakistan Himalaya and India Himalaya (north of Nepal)|publisher=Peaklist.org|accessdate=2014-05-28}}</ref><br />
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]<br />
| map = India<br />
| map_caption = India<br />
| map_size = 260<br />
| label = Chaukhamba<br />
| label_position = bottom<br />
| location = [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]<br />
| range = [[Gangotri Group]], [[Garhwal Division|Garhwal]] [[Himalaya]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30|44|59|N|79|17|28|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="him_index">[http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index]</ref> <br />
| topo = <br />
| first_ascent = 13 June 1952, by Lucien George and Victor Russenberger<ref name="him_index"/><ref name="aaj_1953">''[[American Alpine Journal]]'', 1953, pp. 581–582.</ref><br />
| easiest_route = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Chaukhamba''' is a [[mountain]] [[massif]] in the [[Gangotri Group]] of the [[Garhwal Division|Garhwal]] [[Himalaya]]. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the [[Gangotri Glacier]] and forms the eastern anchor of the group.<ref name="him_alpine_style">Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, ''Himalaya Alpine-Style'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, {{ISBN|0-340-64931-3}}, p. 106.</ref> It is located in the northern [[India]]n state of [[Uttarakhand]], west of the [[Hindu]] holy town of [[Badrinath]].<br />
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Chaukhamba has four summits, along a northeast-southwest trending ridge, and ranging in elevation from {{Convert|7138|m|ft|0}} to {{Convert|6854|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} with an average elevation 7,014 m;<ref name="him_index"/> the main summit is at the northeast end.<br />
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|Chaukamba I ||{{convert|7138|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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|Chaukamba II ||{{convert|7070|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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|Chaukamba III ||{{convert|6995|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
|-<br />
|Chaukamba IV ||{{convert|6854|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
|}<br />
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After unsuccessful attempts in 1938 and 1939, Chaukhamba I was first climbed on 13 June 1952, by Lucien George and Victor Russenberger ([[Switzerland|Swiss]] members of an otherwise [[France|French]] expedition). They ascended the northeast face, from the Bhagirathi-Kharak Glacier.<ref name="aaj_1953" /> The other members of the expedition were the French alpinist and traveler Marie-Louise Plovier Chapelle and the renown French alpinist and climber Edouard Frendo.<br />
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Chaukhamba I is an ultra-prominent peak, with a prominence of more than 1,500m. [[Mana Pass]] is the [[key col]] for Chaukhamba I.<br />
[[File:Mt Mandani and Chaukhamba with reflection at Boodha Madhyamaheshwar 3500m Photo by Sumita Roy.jpg|center|thumb|650px|Mt Mandani and Chaukhamba with reflection on semi frozen lake at Boodha Madhyamaheshwar]]<br />
[[File:Chaukhamba View From Kartik Swami Temple Rudraprayag (cropped).jpg|alt=Chaukhamba View|center|thumb|650px|Chaukhamba View From Kartik Swami Temple Rudraprayag]]<br />
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==Photo gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Chaukhamba from Tungnath Morning vvnataraj.JPG|Chaukhamba from Tungnath<br />
Image:Chaukhamba from Tungnath Early Morning vvnataraj.JPG|Chaukhamba from Tungnath shortly after sunrise<br />
Image:Chaukhamba from Madhyamaheshwar (Old).jpg<br />
Image:Chaukhamba moonlit from Kartikswamy temple.jpg|Moonlit Chaukhamba from the Kartikswamy temple<br />
Image:Chowkhamba mountain.jpg|Chowkhamba<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011045559/http://www.indmount.org/openpeaksuttarakhand.html}}<br />
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823115700/http://www.team4adventure.com/trips/trek_chopta_chandrashila_06d/index.php|title=View of Chaukhamba peak during the Chopta/Chandrashila trek}}<br />
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