Satopanth

{{Short description|Mountain in Uttarakhand, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Satopanth | image = File:Mt Satopanth WTK20150921-IMG 2832.jpg | image_caption = Mt Satopanth during ''Wikipedia treks Kalindi Khal'' | native_name = | native_name_lang = | elevation_m = 7084 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1070 | prominence_ref = | range = [[Garhwal Himalayas]] | parent_peak = | listing = [[List of mountains in India|Mountains of India]] | translation = | language = | country = [[India]] | state = [[Uttarakhand]] | region = [[Gangotri]] | map = India | map_caption = India | label_position = left | coordinates = {{coord|30|50|28|N|79|12|49|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = 1 August 1947 by André Roch, René Dittert, Alexandre Graven and Alfred Sutter | easiest_route = AD Grade snow/ice climb }}

'''Mount Satopanth''' (7084m) is one of the prominent peaks of the Garhwal range in the [[Himalayas]], located within the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It is also the second highest peak in [[Gangotri National Park]].

== Location == [https://greatadventure.in/satopanth-expedition/ Satopanth] is a [[mountain]] in the [[Gangotri]] region of the [[Garhwal Himalaya]], in the [[India]]n [[Himalayas]]. It lies in the northern [[India]]n state of [[Uttarakhand]]. The nomenclature of the peak is derived by an amalgamation of two Sanskrit words “Sato” meaning ‘Truth’ and “Panth” meaning “A Figure of veneration or Devotion” when combined means ''"The True Figure of Devotion and Veneration''".

== Climbing history == The mountain was first climbed successfully by a Swiss expedition in 1947, 15 days prior to the [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]], the team was led by [[André Roch]]. Lately the mountain has become quite famous for its pre-Everest expeditions, because of her majestic altitude, the daunting ‘knife ridge’ at {{cvt|6500|m}} and the technical ice and rock glacial negotiations at {{cvt|5900|m}}.

In 1933 [[Marco Pallis]] led an expedition to the [[Gangotri]] area of the [[Himalayas]] and the team climbed several peaks.<ref name=hj_1934>{{cite journal | title = Gangotri and Leo Pargial, 1933 | journal =[[Himalayan Journal]]| year= 1934| first =Marco | last = Pallis | volume =#6 | pages= 106-126 | access-date = 15 November 2024 |url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/6/10/gangotri-and-leo-pargial-1933/ }}</ref> The expedition team reconnoitered Satopanth and during the expedition [[Colin Kirkus]] and Charles Warren made a pioneering alpine-style ascent of the central or 'second Satopanth peak', Kirkus' account of that climb is included in Pallis's book ''Peaks and Lamas''.<ref>{{cite book | title = Peaks and Lamas | date=1939| first = Marco| last = Pallis | publisher =Cassell |pages=40-50 | access-date = 15 November 2024 | url = https://archive.org/details/PeaksAndLamas/page/n59/mode/2up }}</ref> The peak they climbed is now known to be the {{convert|6454|m|ft}} [[Bhagirathi Massif|Bhagirathi III]];<ref name="hands">{{cite book | title = Hands of a Climber - A Life of Colin Kirkus | date=1993| first = Steve| last = Dean | isbn= 9780948153211 |publisher =Ernest Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = The Gangotri Glacier and Leo Pargial, 1933 | journal =Alpine Journal| date= 1933| first =Charles | last = Warren | issn= 0065-6569 |volume =#45 |issue =247 | pages=306-320 | access-date =15 November 2024 |url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1934_files/AJ46%201934%20306-320%20Warren%20Gangotri%20Glacier.pdf }}</ref>

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[[Category:Mountains of Uttarakhand]] [[Category:Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas]]