Anginda peak

{{Short description|Mountain in India}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Anginda peak

| other_name = അങ്ങിണ്ട മുടി

| photo = Peacocke-Travellers Bungalow, Sispara.jpg

| photo_caption = Sispara pass. Anginda is background

| elevation_m = 2383

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| listing = List of highest point in Kerala by districts

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| location = Border of Mannarkad Taluk, Palakkad District and Kundah Taluk, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu ,India

| range = Western Ghats

| map = India Kerala

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| map_caption = Location of Anginda Peak in Kerala

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| label_position = left

| coordinates = {{coord|11|12|26|N|76|27|51|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Anginda peak (അങ്ങിണ്ട മുടി) is a mountain in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats on the border of the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu and Palakkad district of Kerala, India. It has an elevation of {{convert|2383|m|ft|}} and is the highest peak in Silent Valley National Park.{{Harvcolnb|Logan|2000}}, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9mR2QXrVEJIC&pg=PA6 6] It is just south of Sispara pass, and forms the southernmost boundary of Mukurthi National Park in Tamil Nadu. There is an unobstructed view of Anginda from the 30 m observation tower at Sairandhri Visitors Center. The Kunthipuzha River, which is a tributary of Bharathappuzha originates from the Anginda peak.

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There is a population of the endemic and endangered Nilgiri laughing-thrush at the Anginda-Sispara belt inside the Silent Valley National Park. Serious trekkers can take a 4-day trek route, starting from Mukkali through Sairandhri, Poochipara, Walakkad and Sispara to Anginda.