{{Short description|Mountain range in Nepal}} {{other uses|Ganesha (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Ganesh Himal | other_name = गणेश हिमाल | image = Ganesh Himal air view.jpg | image_caption = Ganesh Himal mountain range. Peaks (left to right): unnamed peak (6250 m), Ganesh-II, Pabil, Salasungo <!-- Geography --> | country = Nepal | subdivision3 = Dhading-Gorkha border | subdivision2_type = Central Nepal | borders_on = {{enum|Langtang Himal|Sringi Himal|Mansiri Himal}} | biome = | topo_map = | topo_maker = <!-- Highest point --> | highest = Yangra | highest_location = | elevation_m = 7422 | elevation_system = <!-- The reference system that defines the elevation --> | elevation_ref = <ref name=peaklist_tibet/> <!-- Coordinates of the highest point --> | coordinates = {{coord|28|23|33|N|85|07|48|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=peaklist_tibet/> <!-- Range --> | length_km = | width_km = | area_km2 = | length_orientation = | width_orientation = | length_ref = | width_ref = | area_ref = | parent = Himalayas <!-- Overall coordinates for the range; usually the center of the range --> | range_coordinates_ref = <!-- Geology --> | formed_by = | geology = | orogeny = <!-- Locator map; takes coordinates from "highest point" (and perhaps "range"; need to experiment and then correct this comment) --> | map = Nepal | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Nepal | map_relief = }}
'''Ganesh Himāl''' is a sub-range of the Himalayas located mostly in north-central Nepal, but some peaks lie on the border with Tibet. The Trisuli Gandaki valley on the east separates it from the Langtang Himal; the Budhi (Buri) Gandaki valley and the Shyar Khola valley on the west separate it from the Sringi Himal and the Mansiri Himal (home of Manaslu, the nearest 8000m peak).<ref name=Carter>{{cite journal |last1=Carter |first1=H. A. |title=Classification of the Himalaya |year=1985 |journal=American Alpine Journal |volume=27 |issue=59 |page=124 |url=http://c498469.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/1985/109_carter_himalaya_aaj1985.pdf}}</ref>
The highest peak in the range is Yangra with an elevation of {{cvt|7422|m}}. Three other peaks are over {{cvt|7000|m}} and fourteen others over {{cvt|6000|m}}.<ref name=Carter/>
The name for the range comes from the Hindu deity Ganesha, usually depicted in the form of an elephant.{{cn|date=November 2023}} Names and elevations for this range differ from source to source; see the notes below the table. The least ambiguous way to refer to the different peaks would be "Ganesh NW", but this is not the standard practice in the literature for this range.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
==Highest peaks== {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse: collapse; background:#f0f0f0;" !Mountain {{ref|name}} !Height (m) {{ref|ht}} !Height (ft) !Coordinates {{ref|coord}} !Prominence (m) {{ref|prom}} !Parent mountain !First ascent |- |Yangra (Ganesh I/Main/NE) |align=right|7,422 |align=right|24,350 |{{coord|28|23|33|N|85|07|48|E|}} |align=right|2,352 |Manaslu |align=middle|1955 |- |Ganesh II/NW |align=right|7,118 |align=right|23,353 |{{coord|28|22|45|N|85|03|24|E|}} |align=right|1,198 |Yangra |align=middle|1981 |- |Salasungo (Ganesh III/SE) |align=right|7,043 |align=right|23,107 |{{coord|28|20|06|N|85|07|18|E|}} |align=right|641 |Ganesh IV |align=middle|1979 |- |Pabil (Ganesh IV/SW) |align=right|7,104 |align=right|23,307 |{{coord|28|20|45|N|85|04|48|E|}} |align=right|927 |Ganesh II |align=middle|1978 |}
==Notes== # {{note|name}} The names Ganesh II, Salasungo (Ganesh III), and Pabil (Ganesh IV) are from the Finnmap<ref name="finnmap">Finnmap topographic map of the Ganesh Himal, produced for the Government of Nepal.</ref> They do not agree with other, older sources such as Carter<ref name=Carter/><ref name="carter_correction">''American Alpine Journal'' 1989, p. 210.</ref> or Neate<ref name=Neate>{{cite book |title=High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks |author=Neate, J. |year=1989 |publisher=The Mountaineers |isbn=978-0898862386}}</ref> (which is derived from Carter). Ohmori attests the name "Lapsang Karbo" for the southeast peak, here called Salasungo.<ref name=Ohmori>{{cite book |title=Over The Himalaya |year=1994 |author=Ohmori, K. |publisher=Cloudcap Press (The Mountaineers) |isbn=978-0938567370}}</ref> # {{note|ht}} Heights are from the Finnmap.<ref name="finnmap"/> # {{note|coords}} Coordinates have been derived from the Finnmap by Eberhard Jurgalski. # {{note|prom}} Prominence values (except for Yangra) have been derived from the Finnmap by Eberhard Jurgalski. For Yangra, the value is from peaklist.org.<ref name=peaklist_tibet>{{cite web |title=Tibet Ultra-Prominences |publisher=PeakList |accessdate=3 January 2015 |url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china1.html}}</ref> # Location Dhading
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index] *[http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html#himalayas DEM files for the Himalaya] (Corrected versions of SRTM data) *[http://www.h-sengenberger.de/Berge_Nepals/pages/Ganesh_Himal_Bild_2.html Pictures of Ganesh Himal]
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