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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Gori Chen
| elevation_ft = 21410
| coordinates = {{coord|27.7951496|92.3877074|display=inline,title}}
| native_name = {{native name|und|Sa-Nga-Phu|paren=omit}}<ref name=":0" />
| photo = Sunrise in the Himalayas (11096205714).jpg
| photo_caption = Gori Chen mountains as seen at sunrise from Mandala, Arunachal Pradesh.
| easiest_route = No established summit route<ref name=":0" />
| map = India Arunachal Pradesh#India
}}

'''Gori Chen''' is a glacier-fed mountain group in the [[Eastern Himalaya|Eastern Himalayas]]. Peaks include the third highest peak in [[northeast India]]. Other peaks include Gorichen II ({{Convert|21287|feet|m}}), Gorichen East ({{Convert|20413|feet|m}}) and Gorichen South ({{Convert|20496|feet|m}}).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dutt|first=Ajit K.|date=1995|title=Asia, India—Arunachal Pradesh, Gorichen II and Gorichen East|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199522603/Asia-IndiaArunachal-Pradesh-Gorichen-II-and-Gorichen-East|access-date=2021-06-28|website=American Alpine Club}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Jayanta|date=22 September 2016|title=Indian Army: Indian Army team summits Mt Gorichen, the 'Abode of the Guardian Deity'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/indian-army-team-summits-mt-gorichen-the-abode-of-the-guardian-deity/articleshow/54462534.cms|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

It is among the mountains of India that is popular for expeditions and trekkers.<ref>Multiple references:

* {{Cite web|last=Ganesan|first=Uthra|date=28 August 2020|title=Tenzing Norgay award winner Col. Sarfaraz Singh charts his own way|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/tenzing-norgay-national-adventure-award-col-sarfaraz-singh-mountaineering-balbir-singh-kular/article32465571.ece|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Sportstar|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|date=2020-08-16|title=Arunachal: Joint Trekking at Gorichen Peak to promote Adventure Tourism|url=https://arunachal24.in/arunachal-joint-trekking-at-gorichen-peak-to-promote-adventure-tourism/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Arunachal24|language=en-US}}
* {{Cite magazine |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2 May 2017|title=Expedition to Mt Gorichen flagged off|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/expedition-to-mt-gorichen-flagged-off-918883-2017-05-02|access-date=2021-06-28|magazine=India Today}}
* {{Cite news|date=2012-11-07|title=Mizo boy who conquered Mount Gorichen to be awarded Rs 1 lakh|work=Business Standard India|agency=PTI|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mizo-boy-who-conquered-mount-gorichen-to-be-awarded-rs-1-lakh-112110700496_1.html|access-date=2021-06-28}}
* {{Cite web|last=Raj|first=Pratyush|date=27 December 2020|title=7 rivers, 720km, 1 month: Rapid rise of Col Sarfaraz and team|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/7-rivers-720km-1-month-rapid-rise-of-col-sarfaraz-and-team/articleshow/79973749.cms|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Gori Chen provided for training to the [[Kumaon Regiment|19 Kumaon]] before its deployment in Siachen in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhat|first=Anil|date=2017-10-06|title=A salute to the bravery and endurance of our soldiers|url=https://www.asianage.com/books/061017/a-salute-to-the-bravery-and-endurance-of-our-soldiers.html|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> Older expeditions passing Gori Chen include the [[Bailey–Morshead exploration of Tsangpo Gorge|Bailey–Morshead exploration]] in 1913 and [[Bill Tilman|Bill Tilman's]] expedition in 1939.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tilman|first=H.W.|author-link=Bill Tilman|title=Assam Himalaya Unvisited|url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1940_files/AJ52%201940%2053-62%20Tilman%20Assam.pdf|access-date=29 June 2021|website=Alpine Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tilman|first=Harold William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iw89AAAAIAAJ|title=When Men & Mountains Meet: Fifty-four Photographs|date=1947|publisher=CUP Archive|language=en}}</ref> The Bailey–Morshead exploration in 1913 has inspired a modern ''Bailey Trail''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Bailey Trail Trek - The Explorations Company|url=https://www.explorationscompany.com/asia/experience-asia/india/the-himalayas/the-bailey-trail-trek#:~:text=The%20Bailey%20Trail%22,%20a%20magnificent,connected%20Burma,%20India%20and%20Tibet.|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Explorations Company|archive-date=2021-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628185254/https://www.explorationscompany.com/asia/experience-asia/india/the-himalayas/the-bailey-trail-trek#:~:text=The%20Bailey%20Trail%22,%20a%20magnificent,connected%20Burma,%20India%20and%20Tibet.|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gorichen Trek - Bailey Trail - Bikat Adventures|url=https://www.bikatadventures.com/Home/Itinerary/gorichen-trek-arunachal-pradesh|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Bikat Adventures}}</ref> Gorichen Main (6488 Mtr.) peak climbed by the members of Mountaineers' Association of Krishnanagar, West Bengal on 21st October, 2024 under the leadership of Tenzing Norgay Awardee veteran mountaineer Shri Basanta Singha Roy. Climbing members are Shri Basanta Singha Roy (64 years age), Ms. Rumpa Das, Shri Prasanta Singha, Shri Subrata Ghosh and Shri Partha Sarathi Layak all are MAK members. This team is the first civilian team of India who climbed Mt. Gorichen of Arunachal Pradesh.

== Maps ==
<gallery>
File:Map India and Pakistan 1-250,000 Tile NG 46-2 Towang.jpg|Gori Chen. U.S. Army Map Service, 1955
File:1913 North-Eastern Frontier and Tibet by Morshead and Bailey from RE Journal 1921.jpg|Gori Chen 21464. [[Bailey–Morshead exploration of Tsangpo Gorge|Bailey–Morshead exploration]] of North-East Frontier of India and eastern Tibet in 1913
</gallery>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* {{cite book|last1=Bailey|first1=F. T.|url=https://archive.org/details/ExplorationOnTheNorthEastFrontier1913|title=Report on an Expedition on the North East Frontier, 1913|date=1914|publisher=Government Monotype Press|location=Simla|access-date=13 August 2014}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Tilman|first=H. W.|date=1939|title=Peaks of the Assam Himalaya|journal=The Geographical Journal|volume=94|issue=5|pages=402–404|doi=10.2307/1788781|jstor=1788781|bibcode=1939GeogJ..94..402T |issn=0016-7398}}
* {{Cite book|last=Khanna|first=D K|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dBG7DgAAQBAJ|title=Gorichen to Siachen: The Untold Saga of Hoisting the Tricolour on Saltoro|publisher=Vij Books|year=2017|location=9789386367105|isbn=978-93-86367-10-5}}

[[Category:Mountains of Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Borders of Arunachal Pradesh]]

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Svetlanabpd at 13:06, 3 December 2024