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{{short description|Himalayan peak}}
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| name = Jorkanden
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| photo = File:Kinnaur kailash(6050m) and Jorkanden (6473 m) from Kalpa photographed By Sumita Roy.jpg
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| photo_caption = Jorkanden is the peak on the right (as visible from [[Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh]]); on the left is [[Kinnaur Kailash]], which is often misidentified as Jorkanden
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| elevation_m = 6473
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| listing = [[List of mountain peaks of Himachal Pradesh]]
| range = Kinner Kailash range, [[Himalayas]]
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| first_ascent = 26 May, 1974<br>An expedition by the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/45/21/climbs-of-indo-tibet-border-police/|title=CLIMBS OF INDO-TIBET BORDER POLICE : Himalayan Journal vol.45/21|website=www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref>
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'''Jorkanden''' is a 6,473-metre Himalayan peak in the Indian state of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{harvnb|Sanan|Dhanu|2002|page=278}}: "The grandeur of the Kinner Kailash range, fronting Kalpa and forming the divide between the Baspa and the Tedong valleys has seen many expeditions...The better known peaks in the range include the three opposite Kalpa-Jorkanden (6473m), Kinner Kailash (6050m), and Raldang (5499m)."</ref> It is the highest peak in the Kinner Kailash range of the [[Greater Himalayas]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/43/14/a-note-on-kinnaur/|title=A NOTE ON KINNAUR : Himalayan Journal vol.43/14|website=www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref> An expedition team of the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] first climbed the peak on 26 May, 1974.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/> The peak is often confused with the [[Kinnaur Kailash]] peak (6,050m), which can be distinguished through its distinctly pointed 'pillar' on top, which is worshipped as a [[shivling]], abode of the Indian god [[Shiva]].<ref>{{harvnb|Kapadia|2002|page=184}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last=Kapadia |first=Harish |author-link= |date=2002 |title=High Himalaya Unknown Valleys |url= |location= |publisher=Indus Publishing |page= |isbn=9788173871177}}
*{{cite book |last=Sanan |first=Deepak |last2=Dhanu |first2=Swadi |author-link= |date=2002 |title=Exploring Kinnaur in the Trans-Himalaya |url= |location= |publisher=Indus Publishing |page= |isbn=9788173871313}}

==References==
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[[Category:Mountains of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Geography of Kinnaur district]]
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas]]

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