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Western Ghats

The Western Ghats are a range of mountains along the western coast of , traversing the states of , , , , and .
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  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: mountain range along the western coast of India
  • Also known as: “Sahayadri”, “Sahayadri Hills”, “Sahya Mountains”, “Sahya Parvat”, “Sahya Parvatam”, “Sahya Parvatham”, “Sahyadri”, “Sahyadri mountain range”, “Sahyadri mountain ranges”, “Sahyadri Mountains”, “Sahyadris”, “Tamhini Ghat”, “The Western Ghats”, “West coast mountain range of India”, “Western coast mountain range of india”, “Western Ghat mountain range”, “Western Ghat mountain ranges”, “Western Ghat mountains”, “Western Ghâts”, “Western Ghāts”, “Western Ghats of Maharashtra”, and “Western Ghauts”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anamudi.

Peak
Photo: Mdmadhu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain located in and of the Indian state of . With an elevation of 2,695 m, it is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vagavurrai and Kannan Devan Hills.

Village
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or Vaguvarrai is a village in of , . It is located 24 kilometers north of and 18 kilometer from on SH 17 connecting Munnar with Udumalpet, .

Village
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is a large village located in Devikulam Taluk of in the state of . It is situated near the state border of about 25 kilometres northeast of the district seat and 8 kilometres north of the subdistrict seat .

Western Ghats

Latitude
10.166° or 10° 9′ 58″ north
Longitude
77.058° or 77° 3′ 29″ east
Open location code
7J2V5385+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5175959821
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Wiki­data ID
Q4527
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Western Ghats” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wes-Ghats”
  • Arabic: “الغات الغربية”
  • Arabic: “الغاتس الغربية”
  • Arabic: “غاتس الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Գաթեր”
  • Armenian: “Սախյադրի”
  • Assamese: “পশ্চিমঘাট পৰ্বতমালা”
  • Asturian: “Ghats occidentales”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Qat”
  • Bashkir: “Көнбайыш Гат тауҙары”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Ghat mendiak”
  • Belarusian: “Заходнія Гаты”
  • Belarusian: “Заходнія Ггаты”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিমঘাট পর্বতমালা”
  • Bhojpuri: “पच्छिमी घाट”
  • Bulgarian: “Западни Гхати”
  • Catalan: “Ghats Occidentals”
  • Catalan: “Sahyadri”
  • Cebuano: “Western Ghāts”
  • Central Kurdish: “گاتی ڕۆژاوا”
  • Chinese: “西高止山”
  • Chinese: “西高止山脉”
  • Chinese: “西高止山脈”
  • Croatian: “Sahyadri”
  • Croatian: “Sahyādri”
  • Croatian: “Zapadni Gati”
  • Czech: “Sahjádri”
  • Czech: “Sahjádrí”
  • Czech: “Sahyadri”
  • Czech: “Western Ghat”
  • Czech: “Western Ghats”
  • Czech: “Western Ghāts”
  • Czech: “Západní Ghát”
  • Czech: “Západní Gháty”
  • Dutch: “Nilagiri malai”
  • Dutch: “Sahya Parvatam”
  • Dutch: “Sahyadri”
  • Dutch: “West Ghats”
  • Dutch: “West-Ghats”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جاتس الغربيه”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidentaj Gatoj”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidentaj Ghatoj”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Ghatid”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Ghatit”
  • French: “Ghats occidentaux”
  • French: “Ghâts occidentaux”
  • French: “Sahyadri”
  • French: “Western Ghats”
  • Galician: “Ghats occidentais”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი გატები”
  • Georgian: “სახიადრი”
  • German: “Westghats”
  • Greek: “Δυτικά Γκατ”
  • Greek: “Δυτικά Γκατς”
  • Greek: “Δυτικότερα Γκατς”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ ઘાટ”
  • Gujarati: “સહ્યાદ્રિ પર્વતમાળા”
  • Hebrew: “הרי גהאת המערביים”
  • Hebrew: “הרי גהט המערביים”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम घाट”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी घाट”
  • Hindi: “सह्याद्रि पर्वत”
  • Hindi: “सह्याद्रि पहाड़”
  • Hindi: “सह्याद्रि”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugati-Ghatok”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugati-Ghátok”
  • Hungarian: “Szahjadri-hegység”
  • Indonesian: “Ghat Barat”
  • Italian: “Ghati occidentali”
  • Italian: “Ghats occidentali”
  • Japanese: “ニールギリ丘陵”
  • Japanese: “西ガーツ山脈”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟ”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟಗಳು”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಘಟ್ಟ”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಛಿಮಘಟ್ಟ”
  • Kannada: “ಸಹ್ಯಾದ್ರಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Гат”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Гаттар”
  • Korean: “서고츠산맥”
  • Korean: “웨스턴 고츠”
  • Latin: “Bettigo”
  • Latvian: “Rietumgati”
  • Latvian: “Rietumu gāti”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Ghatai”
  • Macedonian: “Западни Гати”
  • Macedonian: “Сахјадри”
  • Maithili: “पश्चिमी घाट”
  • Malay: “Banjaran Gat Barat”
  • Malayalam: “Western Ghats”
  • Malayalam: “പശ്ചിമ ഘട്ടം”
  • Malayalam: “പശ്ചിമഘട്ടം”
  • Malayalam: “സഹ്യ പർവതം”
  • Malayalam: “സഹ്യപർവതം”
  • Malayalam: “സഹ്യപർ‌വതം”
  • Malayalam: “സഹ്യപർവ്വതം”
  • Malayalam: “സഹ്യപർ‌വ്വതം”
  • Malayalam: “സഹ്യാദ്രി”
  • Maltese: “Gati tal-Punent”
  • Maltese: “Sahyadris”
  • Maltese: “Western Ghats”
  • Marathi: “पश्‍चिम घाट”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम घाट”
  • Marathi: “महाराष्ट्रातल्या डोंगररांगा”
  • Marathi: “सह्याद्री पर्वतरांग”
  • Marathi: “सह्याद्री”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი გატეფი”
  • Nepali: “पश्चिमी घाट”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waastghats”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De vestlige Nilgiris-fjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Ghat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei vestlege Ghatfjella”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestlege Ghatfjella”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Western Ghats”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Ghat”
  • Oriya: “ପଶ୍ଚିମ ଘାଟ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਘਾਟ”
  • Persian: “گهات غربی”
  • Polish: “Ghaty Zachodnie”
  • Portuguese: “Gates Ocidentais”
  • Romanian: “Gații de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Ghats de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Munţii Ghats de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Munții Ghats de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Western Ghats”
  • Romanian: “Westghats”
  • Russian: “Горы Сахядри”
  • Russian: “Западные Гаты”
  • Russian: “Западные Гхаты”
  • Russian: “Сахядри”
  • Sanskrit: “पश्चिमघट्टाः”
  • Serbian: “Zapadni Gati”
  • Serbian: “Западни Гати”
  • Serbian: “Сахјадри”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Gati”
  • Slovak: “Západný Ghát”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodni Gati”
  • Spanish: “Ghats occidentales”
  • Spanish: “Sahyadri”
  • Swahili: “Ghat ya Magharibi”
  • Swedish: “Västra Ghats”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு தொடர்ச்சி மலை”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு தொடர்ச்சி மலைகள்”
  • Tamil: “மேற்குத் தொடர்ச்சி மலை”
  • Tamil: “மேற்குத் தொடர்ச்சி மலைகள்”
  • Tamil: “மேற்தொடர்ச்சிமலையின் நிளம்”
  • Telugu: “పడమటి కనుమ”
  • Telugu: “పడమటి కనుమలు”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ కనుమలు”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาฆาฏตะวันตก”
  • Tulu: “ಸಹ್ಯಾದ್ರಿ ಪರ್ವತೊ”
  • Turkish: “Batı Gat Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Гати Західні”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґати Західні”
  • Ukrainian: “Західні Гати”
  • Ukrainian: “Західні Ґати”
  • Ukrainian: “Західні Ґхати”
  • Ukrainian: “Сах’ядрі”
  • Urdu: “مغربی گھاٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy gat togʻlari”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Gat togʻlari”
  • Venetian: “Ghati osidentałi”
  • Vietnamese: “Ghat Tây”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katundan Ghat”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیندے گھاٹ”
  • Western Panjabi: “مغربی گھاٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “西高止山脉”
  • Yue Chinese: “西高止山脈”
  • “पच्छिमी घाट”

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