Ganesh Himāl is a sub-range of the Himalayas located mostly in north-central Nepal, but some peaks lie on the border with Tibet. The Trisuli Gandaki valley on the east separates it from the Langtang Himal; the Budhi (Buri) Gandaki valley and the Shyar Khola valley on the west separate it from the Sringi Himal and the Mansiri Himal (home of Manaslu, the nearest 8000m peak).
The highest peak in the range is Yangra with an elevation of . Three other peaks are over and fourteen others over .
The name for the range comes from the Hindu deity Ganesha, usually depicted in the form of an elephant. Names and elevations for this range differ from source to source; see the notes below the table. The least ambiguous way to refer to the different peaks would be "Ganesh NW", but this is not the standard practice in the literature for this range.
Highest peaks Mountain Height (m) Height (ft)Coordinates Prominence (m) Parent mountainFirst ascentYangra (Ganesh I/Main/NE)7,42224,3502,352Manaslu1955Ganesh II/NW7,11823,3531,198Yangra1981Salasungo (Ganesh III/SE)7,04323,107641Ganesh IV1979Pabil (Ganesh IV/SW) 7,10423,307927Ganesh II1978
Notes The names Ganesh II, Salasungo (Ganesh III), and Pabil (Ganesh IV) are from the FinnmapFinnmap topographic map of the Ganesh Himal, produced for the Government of Nepal. They do not agree with other, older sources such as CarterAmerican Alpine Journal 1989, p. 210. or Neate (which is derived from Carter). Ohmori attests the name "Lapsang Karbo" for the southeast peak, here called Salasungo. Heights are from the Finnmap. Coordinates have been derived from the Finnmap by Eberhard Jurgalski. Prominence values (except for Yangra) have been derived from the Finnmap by Eberhard Jurgalski. For Yangra, the value is from peaklist.org. Location Dhading
References
External links Himalayan Index DEM files for the Himalaya (Corrected versions of SRTM data) Pictures of Ganesh Himal