India · Himalayan Range7,816 m (25,643 ft)Nanda Devi 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Nanda Devi. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
Established on grassy meadows along the southern lateral moraine of the South Nanda Devi Glacier inside the Sanctuary.
Located on a sheltered scree and snow terrace on the lower southern buttress above the icefall.
Pitched on a tiny flattened snow platform beneath the precipitous lower rock wall.
Positioned just below the base of the prominent rock buttress known as the Coxcomb.
A precarious bivouac site hacked into hard blue ice on the upper crest of the Coxcomb ridge.
Perched on a narrow, sloping snow terrace directly beneath the summit pyramid, from which Tilman and Odell launched their push.
A graceful, twin-crested snow plateau with vertical drops falling thousands of feet into the outer Sanctuary valleys.
Total vertical rise from Sanctuary Base Camp (4,300m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 30°22′33″ N, 79°58′14″ E. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi, standing at 7,816 meters (25,643 ft), is the second-highest mountain in India and the highest peak situated entirely within Indian territory. Revered as a sacred manifestation of the patron goddess of Uttarakhand, the mountain rises within a formidable natural fortress—the Nanda Devi Sanctuary—ringed by seventy miles of razor-sharp peaks exceeding 6,000 meters. Its historic first ascent on August 29, 1936, by Bill Tilman and Noel Odell remained the highest summit ever achieved by human beings until the conquest of Annapurna in 1950.