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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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 district, Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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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”
- Dutch: “pic Badrinath”
- 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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