Jorkanden

{{short description|Himalayan peak}}

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| photo = File:Kinnaur kailash(6050m) and Jorkanden (6473 m) from Kalpa photographed By Sumita Roy.jpg

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| photo_caption = Jorkanden is the peak on the right (as visible from Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh); on the left is Kinnaur Kailash, which is often misidentified as Jorkanden

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| elevation_m = 6473

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| listing = List of mountain peaks of Himachal Pradesh

| range = Kinner Kailash range, Himalayas

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| first_ascent = 26 May, 1974
An expedition by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/45/21/climbs-of-indo-tibet-border-police/|title=CLIMBS OF INDO-TIBET BORDER POLICE : Himalayan Journal vol.45/21|website=www.himalayanclub.org}}

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Jorkanden is a {{convert|6473|m|ft}} high Himalayan peak in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.{{harvnb|Sanan|Dhanu|2002|page=278}}: "The grandeur of the Kinner Kailash range, fronting Kalpa and forming the divide between the Baspa and the Tedong valleys has seen many expeditions...The better known peaks in the range include the three opposite Kalpa-Jorkanden (6473m), Kinner Kailash (6050m), and Raldang (5499m)." It is the highest peak in the Kinner Kailash range of the Greater Himalayas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/43/14/a-note-on-kinnaur/|title=A NOTE ON KINNAUR : Himalayan Journal vol.43/14|website=www.himalayanclub.org}} An expedition team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police first climbed the peak on 26 May 1974. The peak is often confused with the Kinnaur Kailash peak {{convert|6050|m|ft}}, which can be distinguished through its distinctly pointed 'pillar' on top, which is worshipped as a shivling, abode of the Indian god Shiva.{{harvnb|Kapadia|2002|page=184}}