page_title: Janhukut
section_title: Glaciers and rivers
hierarchical_section_title: Janhukut / Glaciers and rivers
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Himalayan peaks from Kartik Swami Temple
context_page_description: Janhukut is a mountain of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. Janhukut standing majestically at 6805 meter. Its the 31st highest located entirely within the uttrakhand India. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. Janhukut is 473rd highst peak in the world.
context_section_description: It is surrounded by Glaciers on the eastern side of the Janhukut is Satopanth Bamak (Glacier),on the western side its Maiandi Bamak (Glacier) On the southern side Gangotri glacier and on the Northern side Bhagirathi kharak Glacier. From the Maiandi Bamak and Gangotri glacier emerges Bhagirathi river and on the other side Satopanth Bamak and Bhagirathi kharak glacier,emerges Alaknanda river two main tributaries of Ganga. These two river meets at Devpryag from their starts the name Ganga.
  The entire surrounding area are protected within the 2,390 km² (920 sq mi) Gangotri National Park, the largest conservation area in India. The Gangotri National Park is home to several world-class treks, including Gangotri Gomukh Tapoban,Kerdarnath Vasuki tal trek, Har ki dun valley trek and Badrinath to Satopanth tal trek.
caption: Janhukut and Chaukhamba from Kartick Swamy from (L-R)
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