Glenmorgan, Ooty

Glenmorgan is a village located at a distance of 25 kilometers from Ooty. This place is known for its tea estates which includes one of the oldest tea estates in the region known as the Glenmorgan tea estate. The Pykara power house is located near the Glenmorgan estate, for which a lake at the foot of the estate forms the fore bay.

Glenmorgan
Glenmorgan
Village
Glenmorgan is located in Tamil Nadu
Glenmorgan
Glenmorgan
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11.49950°N 76.60917°E / 11.49950; 76.60917
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictThe Nilgiris
Government
 • BodyUdagamandalam Municipality Corporation
Elevation
[1]
2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
643 001
Telephone code91423
Vehicle registrationTN 43
Civic agencyUdagamandalam Municipality Corporation
ClimateTropical wet (Köppen)
Precipitation1,237 millimetres (48.7 in)
Avg. annual temperature20 °C (68 °F)
Temperature from Batchmates.com[2]

Ropeway

One of the attractions here is a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) rope way from a power house in Singara to Glenmorgan.[3] The ropeway has an inclination of nearly 41° for 300 metres (980 ft) near a stretch called the German Point making the ascent and descent through it difficult. For the purpose of accommodating Electricity Board officials and tourists, rest houses are available at both ends of the ropeway.[4]

Tourist attraction

Glenmorgan is used as a picnic spot by tourists and offers panoramic views of the Mudumalai National Park, Mysore, the Moyar valley and the power house at Singara.[3] Presently tourists are not allowed and it seems the rope car is not operated.

See also

References
  1. "About Municipality". municipality.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
  2. "Ooty: In the Lap of the Nilgiris". batchmates.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
  3. "OOTY / UDHAGAI / UDHAGAMANDALAM / OOTACAMUND - GLENMORGAN". nilgiris.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. "GLENMORGAN". nilgiris.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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