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{{Short description|Mountain in Ladakh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mechoi Peak
| photo = File:Machoi Peak, as seen on an overcast day, in July 2013.jpg
| photo_caption = Mechoi Peak, as seen on an overcast day, in 2013.
| elevation_m = 5458
| elevation_ref =
| prominence_m =
681
| prominence_ref =
| map = India Ladakh#India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| map_caption =
| label_position = right
| listing =
| location = [[Dras]]s [[Ladakh]], [[India]]
| range = [[Himalaya]]
| coordinates = {{coord|34|15|26|N|75|32|08|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| range_coordinates =
| first_ascent = 10 September 1984<br />[[Indian army]] Team
| easiest_route = Right side of [[Amarnath cave]]
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
}}

'''Mechoi Peak''' is a mountain with a peak elevation of {{convert|5458|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}}, in [[Dras]]s region of [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. Mechoi Peak is part of the [[Himalaya]] [[Mountain Range|Range]], and is located between [[Amarnath cave]] and [[Zojila]]. It lies 105 km north east from [[Srinagar]], 25 km from [[Sonamarg]] in the east and 30 km from [[Dras]]s. It rises from the glacier of its name [[Machoi Glacier|Mechoi Glacier]] and is the source of [[Dras River]] in [[Dras]]s, [[Ladakh]]. Mechoi Peak rises from the Mechoi glacier and is a pyramid-shaped peak with ice falls and ice fields at its bottom and ridges.<ref name=himalayanclub>{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/02/7/sonamarg-as-a-climbing-centre/|title=SONAMARG AS A CLIMBING CENTRE. : Himalayan Journal vol.02/7|website=www.himalayanclub.org|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koausa.org/Geography/ch1.5.html|title=Geography of Kashmir|publisher=kousa.org|accessdate=2012-04-25|archive-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030215230/http://www.koausa.org/Geography/ch1.5.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Climbing history and routes==
[[File:U.S. Army Capt. Mathew Hickey and Indian Army Maj. Sanat Kumar, pause for a photo after reaching the summit of Machoi Peak.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Army Capt. Mathew Hickey and Indian Army Maj. Sanat Kumar at the summit of Machoi Peak on 7 July 2013.]]
Machoi Peak was first surveyed by a British medical team headed by Dr Ernest Neve in 1912. It was later climbed by a team of [[Indian army]] on 10 September 1984.<ref name=himalayanclub /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/41/15/ascent-of-k12-7428-m-in-saltoro-hills-range/|title=ASCENT OF K12 (7428 m) IN SALTORO HILLS (RANGE) : Himalayan Journal vol.41/15|website=www.himalayanclub.org|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>

The easiest route to climb Mechoi Peak is from the right side of [[Amarnath cave]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seebeforeyoudie.net/asia/india/407717227/Machoi-Glacier.html.|title=Machoi glacier|publisher=seebeforeyoudie.net|accessdate=2012-04-25|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911190535/http://www.seebeforeyoudie.net/asia/india/407717227/Machoi-Glacier.html.|archive-date=11 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> which leads to its west face, starts from Baltal a 20 kilometers high altitude alpine tract leads to the foothills of the peak. From the north side it is steep and one has to cross the whole Machoi glacier with ridges and falling ice. The east face of the peak is more difficult due to the remoteness of the area which starts from Matayan, [[Dras]].<ref name=himalayanclub />

== References ==
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[[Category:Mountains of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Geography of Ganderbal district]]
[[Category:Mountains of Ladakh]]

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