Nilgiri Mountains
The Nilgiri Mountains, also known as the Nilgiris, are a mountain range at the junction of the Eastern and Western Ghats ranges in South India. Spanning the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala, the range forms part of a 56 km -long and 32 km -wide plateau.
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 2,637 metres
- Description: mountain range in Tamil Nadu, South India
- Also known as: “Blue Mountains”, “Modré hory”, “Neilgherries”, “Neilgherry Hills”, “Neilgherry Mountains”, “Nilgiri Hills”, “Nīlgiri Hills”, “Nilgiriberge”, “Nilgiris Hills”, “The Nīlgiris”, “நீலகிரி”, “ನೀಲಗೆರಿ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು”, “ನೀಲಗೆರಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು”, and “ನೀಲಗೆರಿಗಳು”
Nilgiri Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.25289° or 11° 15′ 10″ north
Longitude
76.5135° or 76° 30′ 49″ east
Elevation
2,637 metres (8,652 feet)
Open location code
7J3R7G37+5C
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nilgiri Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال نلغيري”
- Assamese: “নীলগিৰি”
- Basque: “Nilgiri”
- Bengali: “নীলগিরি পর্বতমালা”
- Bhojpuri: “नीलगिरि”
- Bulgarian: “Нилгири”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Nilgiri”
- Catalan: “Nilgiris”
- Chinese: “內埃拉吉里”
- Chinese: “内埃拉吉里”
- Chinese: “尼尔吉里丘陵”
- Czech: “Nílgiri”
- Dutch: “Nilgiri mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال نلجيرى”
- Esperanto: “Nilgirio”
- Finnish: “Nilgirivuoret”
- French: “Nilgiris”
- French: “Nîlgîris”
- German: “Nilgiri-Berge”
- Gujarati: “નીલગિરિ”
- Hebrew: “הרי נילגירי”
- Hindi: “नीलगिरि पर्वत”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Nilgiri”
- Italian: “Monti Nilgiri”
- Italian: “Niligiri”
- Japanese: “ニルギリ丘陵”
- Japanese: “ニルギリ山地”
- Kannada: “ನೀಲಗಿರಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು”
- Korean: “닐기리산맥”
- Ladin: “Crëps de Nilgiri”
- Lithuanian: “Nilgiris”
- Macedonian: “Нилгири”
- Maithili: “नीलगिरि पर्वत”
- Malay: “Banjaran Nilgiri”
- Malayalam: “നീലഗിരി മലനിരകൾ”
- Marathi: “निलगिरी पर्वतरांग”
- Nepali: “नीलगिरि पर्वत”
- Panjabi: “ਨੀਲਗਿਰੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਪਹਾੜੀਆਂ”
- Polish: “Nilgiri (góry)”
- Polish: “Nilgiri”
- Portuguese: “Montes Nilgiri”
- Portuguese: “Montes Nilguiri”
- Russian: “Нилгири”
- Sanskrit: “नीलगिरिपर्वतः”
- Slovenian: “Nilgiri”
- Spanish: “Montañas Nilgiri”
- Spanish: “Nilgiri”
- Swedish: “Nilgiribergen”
- Tamil: “நீலமலை”
- Telugu: “నీలగిరి పర్వతాలు”
- Ukrainian: “Нілґірі (гори)”
- Ukrainian: “Нілґірі”
- Urdu: “نیلاگیری پہاڑ”
- Urdu: “نیلگیری پہاڑ”
- Venetian: “Monti Nilgiri”
- Western Panjabi: “نیلگری دیاں پہاڑیاں”
- “नीलगिरि”
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