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Tratte Koot or Tatakooti or Tatakuti, Peak is a mountain with a peak elevation of 4,760 metres (15,620 ft), on the border of Budgam and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The most conspicuous and imposing peak of Pir Panjal range is undoubtedly Tatakooti. The other higher peak of this range is Sunset Peak at 4,750 m (15,580 feet). Tatakooti, along with Sunset Peak, lies south west of the Kashmir valley. It is located 40 km west of Shopian town and 30 km from
Chadoora Budgam and 105 km southwest of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the highest peak of the Pir Panjal bounding Kashmir from SW.
History
Early exploration of the Pirpanjal Range was carried by Thomas Montgomerie and Godwin Austen in 1856. The first ascent of Tatakooti peak was made in 1901 by C. E. Barton and Dr Ernest Neve. ..
In the year 2021 a team with MLA SURANKOTE chowdhary Akram, summit the peak in just two days from base camp(HILLKAKA).[7]
References
7.Tatta kutti Peak is a Second hieast Peak of Jammu & Kashmir
