Uja Tirche
Highest point
Elevation6,202 m (20,348 ft)
Coordinates30°39′N 80°01′E / 30.650°N 80.017°E / 30.650; 80.017
Geography
LocationUttarakhand, India
Parent rangeKumaon/Garhwal Himalaya
Climbing
First ascent1937 Survey of India expedition led by R C A Edge

Uja Tirche (literally High Mountain) is a peak close to the Tibetan border in the Nanda Devi group of the Kumaon/Garhwal Himalaya. It was first climbed in 1937 by Lieutenant (later Major-General) R C A Edge, with a surveying party from the Survey of India.

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