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{{short description|Mountain in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Doddabetta<br />
| photo = Doddabettateles.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Telescope House at the summit of Dodda Betta<br />
| elevation_m = 2637<br />
| elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">{{Cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/south_india.html|title=Southern Indian Subcontinent: 4 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater|publisher=Peaklist.org|access-date=24 November 2011}}</ref><br />
| prominence_m = 2256<br />
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><br />
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]] <br> [[List of Indian states and territories by highest point]]<br />
| map = Tamil Nadu<br />
| map_caption = Location of Doddabetta within Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| map_size = 260<br />
| label_position = right<br />
| location = [[Udagamandalam]], [[Nilgiri District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| range = [[Nilgiri Hills]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11|24|08.7|N|76|44|12.2|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><br />
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| easiest_route = Doddabetta Road<br />
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[[File:View from the Doddabetta Peak - Ooty,Tamil Nadu.JPG|thumb|View from the Doddabetta Peak - Ooty, Tamil Nadu.]]<br />
[[File:Doddabetta Peak.jpg|thumb|Detailed map of surrounding area]]<br />
'''Doddabetta''' is the highest mountain in the [[Nilgiri Mountains]] at 2,637 metres (8,652&nbsp;feet). There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9&nbsp;km from [[Ooty]], on the Ooty-Kotagiri Road in the [[Nilgiris District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is a popular tourist attraction with road access to the summit. It is the fourth highest peak in [[South India]] next to [[Anamudi]], Mannamalai and [[Meesapulimala]]. The peaks Hecuba (2375 m), Kattadadu (2418 m) and Kulkudi (2439 m) are the three closely linked summits in the west of the Doddabetta range near to Udagamandalam.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
"Dodda betta" is from [[Badaga language]] meaning "big hill".{{cn|date=August 2021}}<br />
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==Flora==<br />
The area surrounding Doddabetta is mostly forested. [[Shola]]s cover the hollows of its slopes. Slightly stunted, [[rhododendron]] trees, in the midst of thick coarse grass, flowering sub-alpine shrubs and herbs are common, even very near the peak.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Places of Interest:Doddabetta |access-date=31 August 2007 |url=http://nilgiris.nic.in/placeofinterest.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929003437/http://nilgiris.nic.in/placeofinterest.htm |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Nilgiris|access-date=31 August 2007|title=Hills and Peaks|url=http://www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in/newpages/hills_and__peaks.htm}}</ref><br />
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==Telescope House==<br />
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There is an observatory at the top of Doddabetta with two telescopes available for the public. It was opened on 18 June 1983 and is run by the [[Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation]] (TTDC). The average number of viewers in 2001-2002 was 3500 per day in season and 700 per day in the off season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Nilgiris |date=20 August 2007 |title=Ooty, Nilgiris |url=http://www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in/OOTY.HTM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114053740/http://www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in/ooty.htm |archive-date=2011-01-14 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.vedantawakeup.com/highest-peaks-in-tamil-nadu-and-southern-india/doddabetta-peak/ Doddabetta Peak]<br />
* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10662 "Doda Betta, India" on Peakbagger]<br />
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[[Category:Mountains of the Western Ghats]]<br />
[[Category:Mountains of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Two-thousanders of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Highest points of Indian states and union territories]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Ooty]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Nilgiris district]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ooty]]</div>>Suneye1