Kamet

Kamet mountain peak, India

Kamet, mountain peak of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand state, northern India, near the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Part of the Zanskar Range, it is 25,446 feet (7,756 meters) high and was first climbed in 1931.

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