Geldhung

Geldhung is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. It is situated in the Kamet range. The elevation of Geldhung is 6163 m and its prominence is 554 m. It is 146th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 11 km SSE of Ganesh Parbat 6532 m. Bidhan Parbat 6520 m lies 12 km WSW and It lies 19.8 km ESE of Kamet 7756 m. It lies 19.5 km East of Mana NW 7092 m.

Climbing history
Geldhung was first climbed by a team from Durgapur, "The Durgapur Mountaineering Association". The trek started from Malari and established their Base Camp at Patalpani. On September 7, 1975, they climbed this virgin peak. The summiters were Sibapada Chakraborty, Amit Sinha, Dipak Pal and two Sherpas.

Neighboring and subsidiary peaks
Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Geldhung:
 * Kamet: 7756 m30.92°N, 79.59167°W
 * Mana Peak: 7272 m30.88056°N, 79.61528°W
 * Mana Northwest: 7092 m30.89361°N, 79.59917°W
 * Bidhan: 6520 m30.86333°N, 79.68028°W
 * Mandir Parbat: 6559 m30.82778°N, 79.60389°W
 * Gauri Parbat 6708 m30.71111°N, 79.70083°W
 * Rataban 6166 m30.75056°N, 79.70528°W
 * Nilgiri Parbat 6474 m30.78306°N, 79.64528°W
 * Hathi Parbat 6727 m30.685°N, 79.70583°W

Glaciers and rivers
The near by Glaciers are Raikana Glacier, Uttari Raikana Glacier, Ganesh Glacier and Purbi Kamet Glacier from there emerges the river Dhauli Ganga which met Alaknanda river at Vishnu Prayag an 82 km journey from its mouth. Alaknanda river is one of the main tributaries of river Ganga which later joins the other main tributaries Bhagirathi river at Dev Prayag and became Ganga there after.