Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute was established in , on 4 November 1954 to encourage mountaineering as an organized sport in India.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: school in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “HMI”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park and Mount Hermon School.

Zoo
Photo: Senorita786, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 67.56-acre zoo in the town of in the state of . The zoo was opened in 1958, and an average elevation of 7,000 feet, is the largest high altitude zoo in India. is situated 230 metres southeast of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.

School building
Photo: Martin.sepion, Public domain.
is a co-educational Christian boarding school in the town of , in the Indian state of . It is located in North Point, Singmari. is situated 1 km north of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.

Garden
Photo: Jeabapt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lloyd's Botanical Garden, or Darjeeling Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden in in the state of . is situated 2 km southeast of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darjeeling and Nayabazar.

Photo: Anilbharadwaj125, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hill station in the northern region of . It used to be a lovely Victorian town built among the Himalayan foothills, the remnants of which are still visible around the Chowrasta.

Village
is a in West Sikkim District of the Indian state of . Covering an urban area of 0.12 kilometres, it lies close to the confluence of and Rammam River some 109 kilometres by road from the state capital and 25km from . is situated 8 km north of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.

is a major town in in the state of . lies on the bank of , which is a tributary of the Teesta River, on the way to from , and .

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Latitude
27.05837° or 27° 3′ 30″ north
Longitude
88.25394° or 88° 15′ 14″ east
Open location code
7MVC3753+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2084522600
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q5765015
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Spanish—“Himalayan Mountaineering Institute” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “হিমালয়ান মাউন্টেনিয়ারিং ইনস্টিটিউট”
  • Catalan: “Institut de Montanyisme de l’Himalaia”
  • Chinese: “喜馬拉雅登山協會”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معهد تسلق الجبال فى الهيمالايا”
  • German: “Himalayan Mountaineering Institute”
  • German: “HMI”
  • Hindi: “हिमालय पर्वतारोहण संस्थान”
  • Hindi: “हिमालयन माउंटेनियरिंग इंस्टीट्यूट”
  • Kannada: “ಹಿಮಾಲಯ ಪರ್ವತಾರೋಹಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ”
  • Korean: “히말라야 등산학교”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിമാലയൻ മൗണ്ടനീറിങ് ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട്”
  • Nepali: “हिमालय पर्वतारोहण संस्थान”
  • Spanish: “Instituto de Montañismo del Himalaya”

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Highlights include Tomb of Tenzing Norgay and Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.

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