Atal I

Atal I is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. Earlier it was known as P.6566. It was renamed after a team from N.I.M. Nehru Institute of Mountaineering climbed four unnamed peaks and named it after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, according to Colonel Amit Bisht, principal N.I.M. The peak lies above the Shyamvarn Glacier. The elevation of Atal I is 6,566 metres (21,542 ft). It is joint 72nd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 5.7 km ENE of Sudarshan Parbat 6,507 metres (21,348 ft). Swetvarn 6,340 metres (20,801 ft) lies 5 km west and it is 5.6 km ESE of Chaturbhuj 6,654 metres (21,831 ft). It lies 3.1 km SE of Yogeshwar 6,678 metres (21,909 ft).

First ascent

Neighbouring summits