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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Kalanag | other_name = ''Black Peak''<br />
| photo = Bandarpunch.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Kalanag (hidden behind Bandarpunch I)<br />
| elevation_m = 6387<br />
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| range = Garhwal [[Himalaya]]<br />
| parent_peak = <br />
| listing = [[List of mountains in India]]<br />
| location = [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]<br />
| map = India<br />
| range_coordinates = <br />
| map_caption = Location in northern India<br />
| map_size = 250<br />
| label_position = right<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|31|01|12|N|78|34|12|E|type:mountain_region:IN-UL_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| type = | age =<br />
| first_ascent = 1955<br>[[Jack Gibson (schoolmaster)|Jack Gibson]] and students of [[The Doon School]]<br />
| easiest_route= <br />
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'''Kalanag''' or '''Black Peak''' (6,387&nbsp;m) is the highest peak in the [[Bandarpunch|Saraswati]] (Bandarpunch) [[mountain range]], others being Saraswati Devi Parvat (Bandarpunch I, 6,316&nbsp;m) and Hanuman Parvat (White Peak or Bandarpunch II, 6,102&nbsp;m). It literally means "Black [[Cobra]]". It is close to the Ruinsara Valley. The peak was first summited in 1955 by [[Jack Gibson (schoolmaster)|Jack Gibson]] and students of [[The Doon School]], Dehradun.<ref name="Harish Kapadia"> {{cite book |last1=Kapadia |first1=Harish |title=Across Peaks and Passes in Garhwal Himalaya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KptmxrqhKl4C |date=1999 |publisher=Indus Publishing |location=London |language=English |isbn=9788173870972 |page=155 |quote= The area first came into prominence when the Doon School masters—R.L. Holdsworth, J.T.M. Gibson, J.A.K. Martyn and Gurdial Singh—used this area to offer climbing experience to their wards during summer holidays. In fact the first ascent of Bandarpunch was by Jack Gibson...Gibson and his boys also made the first ascent of Kalanag in 1955.}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Role of The Doon School in Indian mountaineering]]<br />
* [[List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand]]<br />
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[[Category:Mountains of Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas]]<br />
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