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SOUTHERN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

  4 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater

There are four ultra-prominence summits on this page.  The region represents the southern part of the Indian Subcontinent, including everything south of  the Ganges River, the Indus/Sutlej, and the low saddle that separates these two major valleys of the subcontinent.   In this region, Anai Mudi is the highpoint of  the Western Ghats and the Deccan Plateau.  Its key saddle is therefore the broad flat saddle that separate the Indus from the Ganges.

The list also includes the highpoint of Sri Lanka, which has slightly more prominence than Anai Mudi.  All five Indian entries on the list are in the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

This list is the one of 20 lists for the Asian ultra-prominence mountains, corresponding to "M" on the continental map.  Please come back for an upcoming reference map and page for Asia.

Compiled 2005 by Jonathan de Ferranti and Aaron Maizlish

revision:  February 23, 2006
Rank
 Summit Name
 Alternate Name(s)
 Country
 Elevation
(m)
 Prominence
(m)
 Saddle
(m)
 Latitude
 Longitude
 ID #
 Elev.
(ft)
 Prom.
(ft)
 Notes

1 Pidurutalagala
Sri Lanka 2524 2524 0 07º00'03"N 080º46'24"E AS085 8281 8281
2 Anai Mudi
India 2694 2479 215 10º10'12"N 077º03'39"E AS090 8838 8133 [2]
3 Doda Betta HP Nilgiri Hills
 India 2636 2256 380 11º24'09"N 076º44'15"E AS179 8648 7404
4 Elivai Malai
 Periyakuntira Malai India 2088 1540 548 10º56'24"N 076º37'57"E AS597 6824 5026 [4]

These two summits appear to just barely miss our 1500 meter cutoff.
E1 Agastya Malai Agastyakoodam
 India 1869 1497± 372± 08º35'09"N 077º16'00"E AS618 6132 4911
E2 Vavul Mala
India 2339 1479 860 11º25'39"N 076º07'51"E AS679 7674 4852

FOOTNOTES

We strive to have the most accurate summit elevations in every instance.  Unfortunately, the authors have not had access to modern topographic mapping of India.  We invite your comments and/or corrections if you have access to the most recent topographic surveys or other elevation data.

[2]   The key saddle for Anai Mudi is at 28º35'20" 76º27'59" in Haryana State just west of Delhi.

[4]   Elivai Malai:  This summit is in the Western Ghats in Kerala, about 40 km west of Coimbatore.  A 1965 aeronautical map offers "Elivai Malai" at 2088m which is consistent with the SRTM data.  The Soviet map transliterates to "Periyakuntira Malai" at 1996m, which we believe is the name of a subsidiary summit.  We were unable to find any mroe information on the peak, and would greatly appreciate advice as to the correct name and spelling.

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