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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Deoban
| other_name = Devban
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 6855
| elevation_ref =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/screen3.php?act=1|title=Himalayan Index - Results of Search by Group|website=www.alpine-club.org.uk}}</ref>
| prominence_m = 336
| prominence_ref =<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/deoban.html|title=Deoban|website=PeakVisor}}</ref>
| listing =
| range = [[Garhwal Himalaya]]
| location = [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| map = Uttarakhand
| range_coordinates =
| map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand
| map_size = 260
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|30|31|43|N|79|58|01|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| first_ascent = The first ascent by Britishers On 4 August 1937.
| easiest_route =
}}

'''Deoban''' ({{lang-hi|देववन}}) is a mountain of [[Garhwal Himalaya]] in [[Uttarakhand]], India. Deoban stands at 6855 meter 22490 feet. Its joint 28th highest located entirely within the uttrakhand India. [[Nanda Devi]], is the highest mountain in this category. Deoban is the 396th highest peak in the world.<ref>https://4sport.ua/_upl/2/1442/highasiato6650DRAFT-a-and-b-peaks.pdf</ref> Deoban located just south east of [[Mana Peak]] and west of Bidhan. on the south west side lies the Mandir Parbat.

==Climbing history==

The first ascent of Deoban by Britishers by Frank Smythe's party On 4 August 1937.<ref name="deoban">{{cite journal |title=ASIA, INDIA, GARHWAL, DEOBAN |journal=americanalpineclub.org |date=1969 |url=https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196945102 |accessdate=23 April 2020}}</ref> A twelve-member Indian Military Academy team climbed Deoban 1968.<ref name="deoban"/> In August 2009 a nine members team of Ordinance Factories Mountaineers & Trekkers from west Bengal Led by Samrat Basu. In the post monsoon season approached Deoban from the Amrit Ganga valley. They established their base camp on the right bank of Amrit Ganga at Eri Udiyar. Camp 3 was established on Upper Bidhan glacier and summit camp at 6320 meter. They climbed the northwest ridge and finally reached via the west ridge. On 28 August Samrat Basu with Ashim Ghosh, Tapas Dey, Prosenjit Bagchi along with 4 high altitude supporters reached the summit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/resources/the-himalaya/2009/|title=Indian Himalaya: Climbing and Other News - 2009|website=www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref>

==Glaciers and rivers==

It is surrounded by glaciers on the both the side [[Purbi Kamet Glacier]], on the northern side and [[Bidhan Glacier]] on the southern side. The River [[Dhauliganga River|Dhauli Ganga]] emerges from Purbi Kamet Glacier and met [[Alaknanda river]] at [[Vishnu Prayag]] an 82 km journey from its mouth. Alaknanda river is one of the main tributaries of [[Ganga]].{{cn|date=January 2021}}

==Neighboring peaks==

The neighboring peaks of Deoban:
* [[Kamet]]: {{Convert|7756|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|55|12|N|79|35|30|E}}
* [[Mana Peak]]: {{Convert|7272|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|52|50|N|79|36|55|E}}
* [[Mana Northwest]]: {{Convert|7092|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|53|37|N|79|35|57|E}}
* [[Bidhan (mountain)|Bidhan]]: {{Convert|6520|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|51|48|N|79|40|49|E}}
* [[Mandir Parbat]]: {{Convert|6559|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|49|40|N|79|36|14|E}}

==See also==
* [[List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Mountains of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas]]
[[Category:Geography of Chamoli district]]

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