Deo Damla


Deo Damla is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, India. It is situated in the eastern rim of Nanda [Devi Sanctuary] on the watershed of Milam Glacier and Nanda Devi basin. The elevation of Deo Damla is and its prominence is. It is 63rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 1.8 km SSE of Mangraon. Its nearest higher neighbor Rishi Pahar lies 8.3 km NNW and it is 10.6 km SSW of Nanda Devi. It lies 1.4 km north of Bamchu.

Climbing history

It was first climbed by Eric Shipton and sherpa's Ang Tharkay and Ang Dawa in 1936 during Osmaston–Shipton 1936 expedition, as members of Major Osmaston's party which went into the Nanda Devi region under the orders of the Surveyor-General in 1936. They climbed a peak on the watershed overlooking the Milam glacier and camped at about in a subsidiary valley. On 23 September they started before dawn to climb up a steep and difficult ice ridge which involved of step-cutting. Ang Dawa became exhausted early in the climb, and by the time Ang Tharkay and Eric Shipton reached the top the Milam glacier was filled with cloud, and they did not get the view they had hoped for. It was an unnamed peak at that time but highest on that side.

Neighboring and subsidiary peaks

Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Deo Damla:

Glaciers and rivers

On the eastern side it stands between Bamchu Glacier and Mangraon Glacier. Both these glacier's joins Milam Glacier further east, from the snout of Milam glacier emerges Goriganga River that later joins the Kali River at Jauljibi. On the western side Uttari Nanda Devi Glacier joins Uttari Rishi Glacier and drains into Rish Ganga. Rishi Ganga met with Dhauliganga River near Rini. Later Dhauli ganga met with Alaknanda at Vishnuprayag. Alaknanda River is one of the main tributaries of river Ganga that later joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Devprayag and became Ganga there after.