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Nilgiri Mountains
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mountain range in Tamil Nadu, South India
Key facts
- Peak
- Doddabetta , Tamil Nadu
- Elevation
- 2,637 m (8,652 ft)
- Listing
- Ultra , List of Indian states and territories by highest point
- English translation
- Blue Mountains in Kannada and many Indian languages
- Location
- Karnataka , Kerala , Tamil Nadu
- Parent range
- Western Ghats Eastern Ghats
- Rock age s
- Archean Eon , 3000 to 500 mya
- Mountain type
- Fault
- Easiest route
- NH 67 or Nilgiri Mountain Railway
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Nilgiri Mountains ( Tamil: [n̪iːlɐɡiɾi], English: /ˈniːlgɪri/) form a part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka and eastern Kerala in South India. They are located at the trijunction of the three states and connect the Western Ghats to the Eastern Ghats. The range consists of at least 24 peaks above 2,000 m (6,600 ft), with Doddabetta being the highest at 2,637 m (8,652 ft).
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nilgiri Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
7 mapped locations