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Khardung La (Tibetan: མཁར་གདོང་ལ་, Wylie: mkhar gdong la, THL: khar dong la) or Khardung Pass is a mountain pass in the Leh district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh.
The pass is on the Ladakh Range, north of Leh, and connects the Indus river valley and the Shyok river valley. It also forms the gateway to the Nubra Valley, beyond which lies the Siachen Glacier. A motorable road through the pass was built in 1976, and opened to public motor vehicles in 1988. Maintained by the Border Roads Organisation, the pass is strategically important to India as it is used to carry supplies to the Siachen Glacier. The road is one of the world's highest motoroable roads.[1]
The elevation of Khardung La is 5,359 m (17,582 ft).[2] Local summit signs and dozens of stores selling shirts in Leh incorrectly claim its elevation to be in the vicinity of 5,602 m (18,379 ft) and that it is the world's second highest motorable pass.
^"Top 13 Highest Motorable Passes or Roads in the World". 5 February 2015.
^"DGPS Document supplied by the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia" (PDF).
KhardungLa (Tibetan: མཁར་གདོང་ལ་, Wylie: mkhar gdong la, THL: khar dong la) or Khardung Pass is a mountain pass in the Leh district of the Indian union...
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level. The most common way to access this valley is to travel over the KhardungLa pass from Leh. Foreign nationals are required to get a Protected area...
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are Chorbat (5,090 metres), Digar La (5,400 metres), KhardungLa (5,602 metres), Chang La (5,599 metres) and Tsaka La (4,724 metres). The city of Leh,...
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more remote Zanskar (in the south) and Nubra valleys (to the north over KhardungLa in the Ladakh mountain range, a high motorable pass at 5,359 metres (17...
Hashim became the first woman on a 110 cc scooter to complete the trip to KhardungLa, the world's highest motorable stretch. During an episode of The Grand...
road in the world at Umling La at height of 19,300 feet (5,900 m) along with roads in KhardungLa, Tanglang La and Chang La. The project also provided...
riders to conquer KhardungLa on a 110cc scooter. "This 21-Year-Old Is India's Youngest Female Stunt Rider & She's Scaled The KhardungLa Pass Twice". ScoopWhoop...
258 ft). At 5,565 metres (18,258 ft), Semo La may be the highest asphalted road in the world. KhardungLa was once thought to be the world record holder...
about 160 km from Leh, the capital of Ladakh. Thoise is reached via the KhardungLa mountain pass, one of the world's highest roads used by motor vehicles...
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Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2011. KhardungLa for a discussion of the world's highest motorable passes. "How to Reach...
at 2,473 metres (8,114 ft) in the Alps, the Chang La at 5,360 metres (17,590 ft), and the KhardungLa at 5,359 metres (17,582 ft) in Ladakh, India. The...
the double-humped Bactrian camel. It is located past Leh, beyond the KhardungLa pass. Since the mountains often become impassable in winter, Diskit village...
10 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes, by bypassing the existing longer Khardungla route. Construction started in October 2021 and it was almost complete...
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