GK Question: Important Peaks in India
Location: Andhra Pradesh
Range: Eastern Ghats
Height (m): 1,680
Note: Arma Konda is the highest peak in
the Eastern Ghats
Name of the Peak: Kangto
Location: Arunachal Pradesh
Range: Eastern Ghats
Height (m): 7,060
Note: Kangto lies along the Line
of Actual Control between India and China
Name of the Peak: Unnamed peak
Location: Assam
Range: Cachar Hills section of
the Karbi Anglong Plateau
Height (m): 1,960
Note: Located in Dima Hasao District
Name of the Peak: Someshwar Fort
Location: Bihar
Range: Sivalik Hills
Height (m): 880
Note : -
Name of the Peak: Sonsogor
Location: Goa
Range : Western Ghats
Height (m): 1,022
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Name of the Peak: Girnar
Location: Gujarat
Range: Girnar Hills
Height (m): 1,145
Note: Girnar is the highest peak in
the Girnar Hills
Name of the Peak: Karoh Peak
Location: Haryana
Range: Morni Hills section of
the Sivalik Hills
Height (m): 1,499
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Name of the Peak: Reo
Purgyil (shared with China)
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Range: Western Himalayas
Height (m): 6,813
Note: Reo Purgyil lies along the Line of
Actual Control between India and China
Name of the Peak: Parasnath
Location: Jharkhand
Range: Chota Nagpur Plateau
Height (m): 1,382
Note: Parasnath is the highest
peak in the Chota Nagpur Plateau
Name of the Peak: Mullayanagiri
Location: Karnataka
Range: Sahyadri Hills section of
the Western Ghats
Height (m): 1,925
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Name of the Peak: Anamudi
Location: Kerala
Range: Anamalai Hills section of
the Western Ghats
Height (m): 2,695
Note: Anamudi is the highest peak in
the Western Ghats and highest in India outside the Himalayas
Name of the Peak: Dhupgarh
Location: Madhya Pradesh
Range: Satpura Range
Height (m): 1,352
Note: Dhupgarh is the highest peak in
the Satpura Range
Name of the Peak: Kalsubai
Location: Maharashtra
Range: Sahyadri Hills section of
the Western Ghats
Height (m): 1,646
Note : -
Name of the Peak: Mount
Tempü (also known as Mount Iso)
Location: Manipur
Range: Naga Hills section of
the Purvanchal Range
Height (m): 2,994
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Name of the Peak: Shillong Peak
Location: Meghalaya
Range: Khasi Hills section of
the Shillong Plateau
Height (m): 1,965
Note: Shillong Peak is the highest peak
in the Shillong Plateau
Name of the Peak: Phawngpui
Location: Mizoram
Range: Lushai Hills section of
the Purvanchal Range
Height (m): 2,165
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Name of the Peak: Mount
Saramati (shared with Myanmar)
Location : Nagaland
Range: Naga Hills section of
the Purvanchal Range
Height (m): 3,841
Note: Mount Saramati lies on
the India–Myanmar border. It is the highest peak in the Purvanchal
Range
Name of the Peak: Deomali
Location: Odisha
Range: Eastern Ghats
Height (m): 1,672
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Name of the Peak: Guru Shikhar
Location: Rajasthan
Range: Aravalli Range
Height (m): 1,722
Note: Guru Shikhar is the highest peak in
the Aravalli Range
Name of the Peak: Kangchenjunga
Location: Sikkim
Range: Eastern Himalayas
Height (m): 8,586
Note: Kangchenjunga lies on
the India–Nepal border. It is the highest mountain peak located in India
and the third highest mountain peak in the world after Mount
Everest and K2.
Name of the Peak: Doddabetta
Location : Tamil Nadu
Range: Nilgiri Hills section of
the Western Ghats
Height (m): 2,636
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Name of the Peak: Doli Gutta
Location: Telangana
Range: Deccan Plateau
Height (m): 965
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Name of the Peak: Betlingchhip
Location: Tripura
Range: Jampui Hills section of
the Purvanchal Range
Height (m): 930
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Name of the Peak: Amsot Peak
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Range: Rajaji Range section of
the Sivalik Hills
Height (m): 957
Note: -
Name of the Peak: Nanda Devi
Location: Uttarakhand
Range: Garhwal Himalaya section of
the Western Himalayas
Height (m): 7,817
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Name of the Peak: Sandakphu (shared
with Nepal)
Location: West Bengal
Range: Singalila Ridge section of
the Eastern Himalayas
Height (m): 3,636
Note: Sandakphu lies on the India–Nepal
border
Name of the Peak: Saltoro Kangri
(shared with Pakistan)
Location: Ladakh
Range: Saltoro Range section of
the Karakoram
Height (m): 7,742
Note: Saltoro Kangri lies along
the Actual Ground Position Line between India and Pakistan on
the Siachen Glacier. The highest peak claimed by India as part
of Ladakh is K2
Name of the Peak: Nun Peak
Location: Jammu and Kashmir
Range: Western Himalayas
Height (m): 7,135
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Name of the Peak: Saddle Peak
Location: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Range: North Andaman Island
Height (m): 732
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Name of the Peak: Deheri
Location: Delhi
Range: Delhi Ridge section of
the Aravalli Range
Height (m): 315
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