Panchachuli

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Panchchuli
Panchchuli from Chaukori
Highest point
Elevation	6,904 m (22,651 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,614 m (5,295 ft)[1]
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	30°12′51″N 80°25′39″E / 30.21417°N 80.42750°E / 30.21417; 80.42750[1]
Geography
Panchchuli Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India Show map of Uttarakhand Panchchuli Panchchuli (Tibet) Show map of Tibet Panchchuli Panchchuli (India) Show map of India
Parent range	Kumaon Himalaya
Climbing
First ascent	1973 by an Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition, led by Mahendra Singh – Panchchuli-2 (6,904 m)

The Panchachuli (पंचाचुली) peaks are a group of five snow-capped Himalayan peaks lying at the end of the eastern Kumaon region, near the Dugtu village in Darma valley. The peaks have altitudes ranging from 6,334 metres (20,781 ft) to 6,904 metres (22,651 ft). They form the watershed between the Gori and the Darmaganga valleys. Panchachuli is also located on the Gori Ganga-Lassar Yankti divide. The group lies 138 km (86 mi) from Pithoragarh. The first ascent of this range (Panchchuli 1) was done by an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) team in 1972, via the Uttari Balati glacier, led by Major Hukam Singh.

The five peaks on the Panchchuli massif are numbered from northwest to southeast. The highest peak is Panchchuli II, which was first scaled by an Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition, led by Mahendra Singh, on 26 May 1973. One theory of the group's name is derived from the legendary Pandavas's "Five Chulis" (cooking hearths).