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Doli Gutta is a peak in the northern part of the Deccan Plateau. It is located at the border of Mulugu district [ 2 ] in Telangana and Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh , India . [ 1 ]
Name Elevation in meters Mountain Range District Significance 1: Kalsubai [3] 1,646: Kalsubai Range: Ahmednagar/Nashik/ Highest point in Maharashtra. 2: Salher: 1,567: Selbari Range [4] Nasik: Highest fort [5] in Sahyadris and the 2nd highest peak in Maharashtra. 3 Gawaldev: 1,522 Malsej Range Ahmednagar Peak between Ghanchakkar and Katrabai ...
The Deccan is a plateau region extending over an area of 422,000 km 2 (163,000 sq mi) and occupies the majority of the Indian peninsula. It is shaped like an inverted triangle with its upper boundary at the Narmada River basin near the Vindhya-Satpura ranges and the lower boundary at the northern fringes of Tamil Nadu in the south.
The range is located in the northeastern area of the Deccan Plateau. It extends in a roughly SW - NE direction for a length of about 70 km south of the Indravati River. [3] Rising to a height of 1,276 m, one of the hills of the Bailadila Range is the highest point in the state of Chhattisgarh.
Parasnath is the highest peak in the Chota Nagpur Plateau. [19] Madhya Pradesh: Dhupgarh: Satpura Range: 1,352 4,435 Dhupgarh is the highest peak in the Satpura Range. [20] Chhattisgarh: Nandiraj Bailadila Range section of the Deccan Plateau: 1,276 4,186
The name Western Ghats derives from the word ghat and the cardinal direction in which it is located with respect to the Indian mainland. Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context, could either refer to a range of stepped hills such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats, or a series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf.
Kapadia, Harish (2001), Across Peaks & Passes in Darjeeling & Sikkim, Indus Publishing, ISBN 978-81-7387-126-9 World 7200-meter Peaks , peakbagger.com , retrieved 15 February 2015 Weare, Gary (2009), Trekking in the Indian Himalaya , Lonely Planet , ISBN 978-1-74059-768-5 , archived from the original on 2015-08-17 , retrieved 2015-02-14
Geologically, these hills are similar to the Deccan Plateau and are composed of basaltic lava deposits. [2] The range derives its name from the Harischandragarh peak, a popular trekking spot and the highest peak of the range.