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Mountain in India
Vavul Mala
is a peak in the
Western Ghats
in the
Vellarimala
range of
Kerala
,
India
. It is situated at the trijunction of the districts of
Malappuram
,
Kozhikode
, and
Wayanad
in Kerala. Vavulmala resembles a "Camel Hump". Situated at a height of 2,339m,
[3]
it is the highest peak in the Western Ghats northwards beyond
the Nilgiris
and also the highest point of Kozhikode district. These compact hills are floristically similar to
Nilgiri hills
.
The first volume of
William Logan's
1887 publication Malabar Manual (the work was later followed up by the Malabar Gazetteer of 1908) refers the 7,677-foot high Vavul Mala as a landmark conspicuous far out to the
Arabian Sea
.
[4]
Vellarimala range is situated in the borders of Malappuram, Kozhikode and
Wayanad
. It is a high landscape known as "Camel Hump Mountains". It is separated from
Nilgiri hills
by
Deccan plateau
and
Chaliyar
river valley. It is one of the toughest treks in South India.
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