Kudremukh

Also known as Kuduremukha

Key facts

Mountain.range: Western Ghats
Mountain.easiest_route: Hike
Settlement.name: Kudremukha
Mountain.name: Kudremukha
Mountain.etymology: Horse Face
Mountain.photo: Shola_Grasslands_and_forests_in_the_Kudremukh_National_Park,_Western_Ghats,_Karnataka.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption: Kudremukh National Park from top
Mountain.elevation_m: 1894
Mountain.elevation_ref: above MSL
Mountain.prominence_m: 1052
Mountain.listing: Ribu
Mountain.map: India Karnataka#India
Mountain.map_caption: Location of Kudremukha in Karnataka
Mountain.map_size: 290
Mountain.label_position: right
Mountain.language: Kannada
Mountain.location: Kalasa Taluk, Chikmagalur district, Karnataka, India
Settlement.other_name: Malleshwara

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

Location
Geography
History
National park
Opposition to national park
Conservation
Ecology
Trekking in Kudremukha
Kudremukha Peak
Mining town
Demographics
Threats
Lakhya Dam
See also
References
External links

Kudremukha is the name of a mountain range and an individual mountain peak located in Chikmagalur district, in Karnataka, India. It is also the name of a small hill station and iron ore-mining town situated near the mountain, about 20 kilometres from Kalasa in Kalasa Taluk. The name Kuduremukha literally means "horse-faced" in Kannada and refers to a particular picturesque view of a side of the mountain that resembles a horse's face. It was also referred to as 'Samseparvata', historically since it was approached from Samse village. Kuduremukha is Karnataka's 2nd highest peak after Mullayanagiri and 26th highest peak in western ghats. The nearest International Airport is at Mangalore which is at a distance of 99 kilometres.

The Kudremukha National Park in the Western Ghats is a part of the world's 38 ‘hottest hotspots’ of biological diversity, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kudremukh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.