Chaukhamba
Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and forms the eastern anchor of the group.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 7,138 metres
- Description: mountain in India
- Also known as: “Badrinath” and “Badrinath Peak”
Chaukhamba
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Joshimath, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.7333° or 30° 43′ 60″ north
Longitude
79.2833° or 79° 16′ 60″ east
Elevation
7,138 metres (23,419 feet)
Open location code
8J2XP7MM+88
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Chaukhamba” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Chaukhamba”
- Catalan: “pic Badrinath”
- Catalan: “Pic Badrinath”
- Cebuano: “Badrīnāth”
- Czech: “Čaukhamba”
- Dutch: “Chaukhamba”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تشاوخامبا”
- French: “Chaukhamba”
- German: “Chaukhamba”
- Hindi: “चौखम्बा”
- Kannada: “ಚೌಖಂಬಾ”
- Ladin: “Chaukhamba”
- Malayalam: “Chaukhamba”
- Malayalam: “ചൗക്കംബ”
- Nepali: “चौखम्बा हिमाल”
- Spanish: “Chaukhamba”
- Swedish: “Badrīnāth”
- Ukrainian: “Чаухамба”
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