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The Anaimalai (Elephant) Hills are a southern Western Ghats range on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, home to Anamudi, the highest peak in South India.
The Anaimalai Hills (also spelt Anamalai), meaning 'Elephant Hills', are a mountain range forming part of the southern Western Ghats along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. They contain Anamudi (2,695 m), the highest peak in the Western Ghats and in South India. The range is rich in biodiversity and forms part of the Western Ghats and Anaimalai Sub-Cluster inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Type: PhenomenonPart of the southern Western Ghats, straddling the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border.
Name means 'Elephant Hills' (from 'aana/anai' = elephant, 'malai' = hill).
Contain Anamudi (2,695 m), the highest peak in South India, located in Idukki district, Kerala.
Part of a UNESCO World Heritage sub-cluster of the Western Ghats.
Host protected areas such as the Anamalai Tiger Reserve and Eravikulam National Park.
Frequency: Recurs in Indian geography — highest peaks and the Western Ghats.
Southern Western Ghats
Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Anamudi (2,695 m)
Idukki district, Kerala
Part of the Western Ghats UNESCO World Heritage Site
Anaimalai = 'Elephant Hills', southern Western Ghats.
On the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border.
Anamudi (2,695 m) = highest peak in South India.
Home to Anamalai Tiger Reserve and Eravikulam NP.
Part of the Western Ghats UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Anamudi (2,695 m), which is also the highest peak in the Western Ghats and in South India.
They lie along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border in the southern Western Ghats.
It means 'Elephant Hills', from the Tamil/Malayalam words for elephant (anai/aana) and hill (malai).