Parbati Col

India / Uttaranchal / Kedarnath /
 mountain, mountain pass
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Coordinates:   30°42'20"N   79°20'7"E

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  • A mountain-pass in a potential-energy surface is known as a col or saddlepoint. It is a point at which the gradient is zero along all coordinates, andthe curvature is positive along all but one coordinate, which is the reactioncoordinate, along which the curvature is negative.1996, 68, 158IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology2nd Edition (1997). Therefore this particular area on panpatia can NOT be called a 'col'.
  • this particular area that gives a passage to the upper plateau of panpatia glacier may be called a 'wide gully', but certainly not a 'col' or 'pass'. Thanks and keep the mountain spirit high!
  • wow.... tsch!!! tsch!!! What a Revealation !!!! by Mr. Mukherjee. Now quite a lot of books in the world should be reprinted. I think according to this Chemical Terminology the "South Col" & "North Col" of Mt. Everest should be changed to "South Wide Gulley" & "North Wide Gulley" too. As far as I know they have two sides with negative curvature. Hope he was personally there to measure the Potential Energy Field & doing well in his Chemical Engineering. Please stay with your chemical energy field and leave the Mountaineering field alone. And by the way As far as I have studied from the 40 mtr. contour & Google Earth Scale measurement. there is a point which qualifies Parvati Col even taking his Chem Engg definition. There is a point just before reaching the Upper Neve which has 3 sides with +ve gradient and one -ve gradient towads Parvati Camp.
  • col is a saddle point(depression) either between two peak (e.g south col, longstaff col) or between two high valley. i will request mr. mukherjee to explain the negative curvature in case of south col and panpatia col.
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