Tamil Nadu
Nilgiris District
Udhagamandalam

Old Ootacamund

Old Ootacamund is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 2,289 metres. Old Ootacamund is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Doddabetta and Hebron School.

Peak
Photo: Gauri Wur Sem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the highest mountain in the at 2,637 metres. There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9 km from , on the Ooty-Kotagiri Road in the Nilgiris District of , .

School
is a co-educational independent boarding school in the hill station known as , in , southern . The school follows the British school system and offers study for IGCSEs, AS and A levels.

Railway station
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Udagamandalam railway station, also known as Ooty railway station, is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ooty and Manthada.

Photo: Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, short for Ootacamund and officially Udhagamandalam, is a popular hill resort in the state of in . The name Udhagamandalam is derived from the Toda word "othakal-mund" which means "house in mountains".

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Old Ootacamund.

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, is a small town located in the of in between and , at distances 5 km and 12 km respectively. It houses the Cordite Factory, one of the 40 Indian Ordnance Factories, and one of the oldest, established in 1903.

Old Ootacamund

Latitude
11.4117° or 11° 24′ 42″ north
Longitude
76.71723° or 76° 43′ 2″ east
Elevation
2,289 metres (7,510 feet)
Open location code
7J3RCP68+MV
Geo­Names ID
11460536
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kodapamund Reserved Forest and Burnfoot Lake.

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