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Anamudi ("Elephant hair ") is a mountain located in Ernakulam district and Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala. With an elevation of 2,695 metres (8,842 ft) and a topographic prominence of 2,479 metres (8,133 ft), it is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and in South India .
It is one of the 14 highest peaks in the district which exceed a height of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level. The highest one is Anamala ( Anamudi ) at 8,841 feet (2,695 m). [ 2 ] It is the tenth highest peak in South India.
Rank District Peak Range/Region Height () Height () Coordinates Location (political) Source 1 Idukki: Anamudi: Anaimalai Hills: 2,695 8,842 Munnar Panchayat, Devikulam Taluk, Idukki / Kuttampuzha Panchayat, Kothamangalam Taluk, Ernakulam
The Western Ghats is also responsible for the high and steady rainfall in Kerala. It converts 50% of Kerala into highlands and is studded with more than 50 peaks above 5000 feet above Mean Sea Level. With a height of 8841 feet (2,695 metres), Anamudi is the highest peak in India outside Himalayas. Anamudi is located in Idukki district in Kerala.
States Peak Range/Region Height Coordinates Source In m In ft; Sikkim: Kangchenjunga: Eastern Himalayas: 8,586 28,169 Kangchenjunga lies on the India–Nepal border.It is the highest mountain peak located in India and the third highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest and K2.
Anamudi peak is on the southern part of this park. Most of the park is grassland and the average altitude is more than 5000 feet above sea level. Heavy rain and gushing winds make the area inaccessible during the monsoon season. The famous Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) grows here. It has a flowering cycle of 12 years. [47]
The region in and around Munnar varies in height from 1,450 meters (4,760 ft) to 2,695 meters (8,842 ft) above mean sea level.The temperature ranges between 5 °C (41 °F) and 25 °C (77 °F) in winter and 15 °C (59 °F) and 25 °C (77 °F) in summer. [11]
Height on the other hand simply means elevation of the summit above sea level. Regarding parents, the prominence parent of peak A can be found by dividing the island or region in question into territories, by tracing the runoff from the key col (mountain pass) of every peak that is more prominent than peak A. The parent is the peak whose ...