Dunagiri

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Dunagiri
Elevation 7,066 m (23,182 ft)
Location Uttarakhand, India
Range Nanda Devi Group, Garhwal Himalaya
Prominence circa 1,200 m (3,900 ft)[1]
Coordinates 30°31′57″N, 79°50′02″E
First ascent July 5, 1939 by André Roch, F. Steuri, D. Zogg[2]
Easiest route southwest ridge: rock/snow/ice climb

Dunagiri is one of the high peaks of the Garhwal Himalaya in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It lies at the northwest corner of the Sanctuary Wall, a ring of peaks surrounding Nanda Devi and enclosing the Nanda Devi Sanctuary.

Dunagiri was first climbed on July 5, 1939[3] by the Swiss climbers André Roch, F. Steuri, and D. Zogg, via the southwest ridge. In 1975, Joe Tasker and Dick Renshaw climbed a particularly difficult route on the southeast buttress in a significant milestone for alpine-style climbing.[4]

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  1. ^ This is an approximate figure, based on the 1:150,000 scale topographic map Garhwal-Himalaya-Ost, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research.
  2. ^ Jill Neate, High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks, ISBN 0-89886-238-8
  3. ^ Some sources say 1947.
  4. ^ Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables, Himalaya Alpine-Style, Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, ISBN 0-340-64931-3
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