This peak also called Herzog peak after the name of great French explorer and mountaineer Maurice Herzog, who with Louis Lachenal became the first climbers in modern history to climb a peak over 8000 m. when they summated the Himalayan mountain Annapurna I on 3 June, 1950. Herzog’s account of the expedition was published in 1951 in French then in English in 1952 under the title “Annapurna”.

Located at the “crossroads” of ridges, you will admire this mountain peak during the ascent to the lake Tilicho. From it separates from the main Annapurna ridge powerful side ridge with Tilicho peak and the peaks of Nilgiri massif.