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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Mountain in Uttarakhand, India}}<br />
{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Kharchakund<br />
| other_name = <br />
| photo =File:Karchakund peak Himalaya Uttarakhand India (cropped).jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Kharchakund from Tapoban<br />
| elevation_m = 6612<br />
| elevation_ref =<ref name="kharchkund"/><br />
| prominence_m = 835<br />
| prominence_ref =<ref>{{cite web |title=Kharchakund |url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/kharchakund.html |website=PeakVisor |accessdate=13 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
| listing = <br />
| range = [[Garhwal Himalaya]]<br />
| range_coordinates = <br />
| location = [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]<br />
| map = India Uttarakhand<br />
| map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand<br />
| map_size = 260<br />
| label_position = right <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30|46|50|N|79|07|44|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coordinates_ref = <br />
| first_ascent = A Japanese team climbed it in 1980<ref name="kharchkund"/><br />
| easiest_route = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Kharchakund''' is a mountain of the [[Garhwal Himalaya]] in [[Uttarakhand]], India. The elevation of Kharchakund is {{convert|6612|m|ft|0}} and its prominence is {{convert|835|m|ft|0}}. It is 64th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. [[Nanda Devi]], is the highest mountain in this category. It is surrounded by Gangotri Glacier and Ghanoim Bamak. Its nearest higher neighbor [[Kedarnath (mountain)|Kedarnath Dome]] {{convert|6831|m|ft|0}} lies 6.4&nbsp;km WNW. It is located 1.2&nbsp;km NNE of [[Sumeru Parbat]] {{convert|6351|m|ft|0}} and 10.7&nbsp;km east lies [[Janhukut]] {{convert|6829|m|ft|0}}.<br />
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==Climbing history==<br />
On 29 May 1980 a Japanese team climbed Kharchakund. The first summiteers of this mountain are [[Yoshitaka Tanimura]] and Toshiharu Hashimoto. They climbed Kharchakund from the west ridge a side ridge of the north ridge. On 30 May the second party also reached the summit they are Sueo Miyahara, Kaoru Ueno, Yoshiki Yamanaka and Masao Mizuno. They established three camps in between the summit. Camp 1 at a height of 4900m, camp 2 at 5300m and camp 3 at 6000m.<ref name="kharchkund">{{cite web |title=Ascent of Kharchakund on 1980-05-29 - Peakbagger.com |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/climber/ascent.aspx?aid=287020 |website=www.peakbagger.com |accessdate=13 May 2020}}</ref><br />
A four-man team of the Oread Mountaineering Club, Robin Beadle, Bobby Gilbert, Rob Tresidder and Pete Scott climbed Kharchakund on 18 September 1987. They made an alpine-style ascent of Kharcha Kund's N ridge. They made six bivouacs between 5000m and 6000m before their summit day.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=BEADLE |first1=ROBIN |title=Kharcha Kund North Ridge Expedition |journal=Alpine club |url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1988-89_files/AJ%201988%2035-40%20Beadle%20Kharcha.pdf |accessdate=13 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Glaciers and rivers==<br />
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[[Gangotri Glacier]] lies from the northern side to eastern side of Kharchakund. On the western side lies [[Ghanohim Bamak]] and on the south east lies [[Yeonbuk Bamak]]. Yeonbuk and Ghanoim both these glacier joins Gangotri glacier. From the snout of Gangotri Glacier comes out [[Bhagirathi River]] one of the main tributaries of river Ganga. which later joins Alaknanda river the other main tributaries of river [[Ganga]] at [[Dev Prayag]] and became Ganga there after.<ref>{{cite news |title=Devprayag {{!}} Times of India Travel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/devprayag/devprayag/amp_poishow/48770387.cms |accessdate=22 May 2020 |work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref><br />
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==Neighboring peaks==<br />
neighboring peaks of Kharchakund: <br />
* [[Chaukhamba|Chaukhamba I]]: {{Convert|7138|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|44|59|N|79|17|28|E}}<br />
* [[Bhagirathi I]]: {{Convert|6856|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|51|00|N|79|08|57|E}}<br />
* [[Kedarnath (mountain)|Kedarnath Peak]]: {{Convert|6940|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|47|42|N|79|04|10|E}}<br />
* [[Kedarnath (mountain)|Kedarnath Dome]]: {{Convert|6831|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|48|31|N|79|04|44|E}}<br />
* [[Sumeru Parbat]]: {{Convert|6350|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|46|15|N|79|07|24|E}}<br />
* [[Mandani Parbat]]: {{Convert|6193|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|44|01|N|79|11|57|E}}<br />
* [[Kirti Stambh (mountain)|Kirti Stambh]]: {{Convert|6270|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{coord|30|49|14|N|79|01|08|E}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Mountains of Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Chamoli district]]</div>RicoSturdivant