Nanda Devi rises nearly 26,000 feet above sea level and is located in Uttarakhand's Chamoli Garhwal district.
Sources
- How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend (warontherocks.com)
- https://www.worldatlas.com/mountains/mount-nanda-devi.html (worldatlas.com)
- https://peakvisor.com/peak/nanda-devi-15p0awp21.html (peakvisor.com)
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