Shwetvarna


Shwetvarna is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Shwetvarna is and its prominence is. It is 111th joint highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 1.2 km SSE of Chaturbhuj its nearest higher neighbor and it is 1.2 km SSW of Sudarshan Parbat. It lies 3 km NW of Shyamvarn.

Climbing history

An Indo-French Expedition of eleven member team seven Indian and four French attempted many peaks around Swetvarn glacier. Some of the members attempted Swetvarn on 25 May 1981 and reached within 300 ft of the summit through the east ridge. C. D. Danthi, Jacques Giraud, Kanu Pomal and Lakhpa Tsering had to return because of mixed terrain ahead.

Neighboring and subsidiary peaks

neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Swetvarn:
On the east side lies Swetvarn Glacier which joins Raktvarn Glacier and Raktvarn drain itself near Gomukh beside Gangotri Glacier and part of Bhagirathi river. Bhagirathi River comes out From the snout of Gangotri Glacier. Bhagirathi joins the Alaknanda River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Dev Prayag and called Ganga there after.