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The range lies between and runs parallel to the Great Himalayas to the southwest and the Ladakh Range to the northeast. [2] Geologically, the Zanskar Range is part of the Tethys Himalaya. [2] There are a number of peaks higher than 6,500 m (21,300 ft). [3] Its eastern part is known as Rupshu. [3]
Zanskar is a high altitude semi-desert lying on the northern flank of the Himalayan Range. This mountain range acts as a barrier protecting Ladakh and Zanskar from most of the monsoon, resulting in a pleasantly warm and dry climate in the summer. Rain and snowfall during this period are scarce, although recent decades have shown a trend towards ...
Reo Purgyil, sometimes known as Leo Pargial [3] and Leo Pargil, [4] is a mountain peak at the southern end of the Zanskar Range in the Western Himalaya. It is located on the border between Himachal Pradesh, India and Tibet, China. [5] At 6,816 m, Reo Purgyil is the highest mountain peak in the state of Himachal Pradesh and is located in Kinnaur ...
Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It is situated in the Zaskar Range. It lies 13.3 km ENE of Kamet 7,756 metres (25,446 ft). Its nearest higher neighbor an unnamed peak 6,664 metres (21,864 ft) lies 8 km ENE and it is 11 km NWN of Geldhung 6,163 metres (20,220 ft). It lies 14.2 km NE of Mana Peak 7,272 metres (23,858 ft). [1]
It is 84th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It is situated in the Zaskar Range. It lies 3 km west of Deoban 6,855 metres (22,490 ft) its nearest higher neighbor. Mandir Parbat 6,559 metres (21,519 ft) lies 8.3 km SW and it is 10.4 km SE of Kamet 7,756 metres (25,446 ft).
Abi Gamin is located in the central Himalayas and at the culminating point of the Zaskar Range. It is situated on the watershed of the upper Alaknanda and Dhauli rivers between the famous Manna and Niti passes on the Indo-Tibetan border. Abi Gamin is the second highest peak in the immediate region, after Kamet.
Stok Kangri (6,153 metres (20,187 ft)) is the highest mountain in the Stok Range of the Zazkar Mountains a Trans-Himalayan mountain in the Ladakh region of north India. The peak is located in Hemis National Park , [ 3 ] 12 km southwest of the trailhead (3,610 metres (11,844 ft)) in the village of Stok and around 15 km southwest of the city of ...
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...