Appendix: Alphabetical Quick-Reference Index

A last-minute lookup tool, gathering the book's most important names into one alphabetical list with a single locating fact each — useful in the final hour before an exam when you need to confirm one specific name rather than re-read an entire section.

Anamudi — highest peak, Western Ghats/South India, ~2,695 m, Kerala. Auden's Col — trekking pass linking Gangotri and Kedarnath glacier systems. Aksai Chin — China-administered plateau, India's claimed but unrecovered territory since 1962. Banihal Pass — Jammu plains ↔ Kashmir Valley, ~2,832 m. Bara Shigri — largest Chenab-source glacier, Lahaul-Spiti. Baralacha La — Lahaul ↔ Ladakh watershed, ~4,890 m. Betlingchhip — Tripura's highest point, Jampui Hills. Bhagirathi peaks (I, II, III) — Gangotri-group granite spires. Bhabha Pass — Kinnaur ↔ Spiti trekking link. Bomdi La — Tezpur ↔ Tawang staging post, ~2,608 m. Bum La — Tawang ↔ Tibet, Border Personnel Meeting point. Chandrakhani Pass — Kullu ↔ Malana trekking crossing. Chang La — Leh ↔ Pangong Tso, ~5,360 m. Chaukhamba — "four pillars" peak, Garhwal, ~7,138 m. Chhota Shigri — India's benchmark climate-monitoring glacier. Chorabari — glacier behind the 2013 Kedarnath disaster. Diphu Pass — India-Myanmar-China tri-junction, far-eastern Arunachal. Doddabetta — highest peak, Nilgiri Hills, ~2,637 m. Doklam — 2017 India-China standoff plateau, disputed Bhutan-China territory. Drang-Drung — horseshoe-shaped Zanskar glacier. Fotu La — highest point on the Srinagar-Leh highway's Kargil-Leh stretch. Galwan Valley — site of the fatal June 2020 India-China clash. Gangotri — traditional source glacier of the Ganga, snout called Gaumukh. Ghent Kangri — Karakoram peak near Siachen's head. Guru Shikhar — highest peak, Aravalli Range, ~1,722 m. Jelep La — Sikkim's Dalai Lama-escape pass, closed since 1962. Kalicho Pass — Pangi ↔ Lahaul trekking link. Kamet — first 7,620 m peak climbed (1931), Garhwal. Kang Yatze — popular Markha Valley trekking peak, Ladakh. Kangchenjunga — India's highest peak, ~8,586 m, world's 3rd-highest. Kangto — Arunachal Pradesh's highest peak. Karakoram Pass — ancient Silk Route pass near Aksai Chin. Khardung La — classic "world's highest motorable pass" claimant, Leh-Nubra. Khatling — glacier feeding the Bhilangana (Tehri Dam's river). Khunjerab Pass — Pakistan-China border crossing, outside Indian territory. Kolahoi — largest glacier of the Kashmir Valley proper. Kuari Pass — non-border Uttarakhand trekking pass, "Curzon Trail." Kunzum Pass — links Lahaul and Spiti. Lipulekh Pass — India-Nepal-China tri-junction dispute, Kailash Mansarovar route. Mahendragiri — highest peak, Eastern Ghats, ~1,500 m. Mamostong Kangri — Karakoram peak, first climbed only 1984. Mana Pass — Badrinath ↔ Tibet, beside India's "last village." Marsimik La — high-altitude defence-logistics road, eastern Ladakh. Milam — Kumaon glacier feeding the Goriganga. Nanda Devi — highest peak entirely within India, ~7,816 m. Nathu La — Sikkim-Tibet pass reopened for trade in 2006. Niti Pass — Chamoli ↔ Tibet, closed since 1962. Pangsau Pass — WWII Stilwell Road route into Myanmar. Parang La — Spiti ↔ Tso Moriri trekking crossing. Phawngpui — Mizoram's highest peak, the "Blue Mountain." Pin Parvati Pass — Kullu ↔ Spiti trekking-only crossing. Pindari — Kumaon glacier, classic trekking destination. Reo Purgyil — Himachal Pradesh's actual highest peak, Kinnaur. Rimo I — Karakoram peak marking Siachen's source convergence. Rohtang Pass — Kullu ↔ Lahaul-Spiti, now bypassed by the Atal Tunnel. Saddle Peak — highest point, Andaman group. Saltoro Kangri — highest Saltoro Range peak, on the Siachen conflict's front line. Saramati — Nagaland's highest peak. Se La — Dirang ↔ Tawang, tunnelled beneath in 2024. Shipki La — Sutlej's entry point into India from Tibet. Shivling — the "Matterhorn of India," Gangotri group. Siachen Glacier — world's second-longest non-polar glacier (disputed ranking), militarised since 1984. Sia Kangri — Karakoram peak at the India-Pakistan-China tripoint. Trisul — first 7,000 m peak ever climbed (1907). Umling La — recent "world's highest motorable road" claimant, eastern Ladakh. Yamunotri — source glacier of the Yamuna. Zemu — Sikkim's largest glacier, source of the Teesta. Zoji La — Kashmir Valley ↔ Ladakh, seasonally closed, tunnel under construction.

Practice Recall: Using only this index, without turning back to the main tables, answer: which glacier fed the lake that breached in the 2013 Kedarnath disaster, which pass marks the Sutlej's entry into India, and which peak is described here as the "Matterhorn of India"?

Answer: Chorabari Glacier (Kedarnath disaster); Shipki La (Sutlej's entry point); Shivling (the "Matterhorn of India").