Namika La

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Namika La
Elevation	3,700 m (12,139 ft)
Traversed by	Srinagar-Leh highway
Location	India
Range	Himalaya, Zaskar Range
Coordinates	34°22′N 76°35′E / 34.367°N 76.583°E / 34.367; 76.583Coordinates: 34°22′N 76°35′E / 34.367°N 76.583°E / 34.367; 76.583

Namika La or Namika Pass (el. 3,700 m or 12,139 ft), Pillar of the Sky Pass,^[1] is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas Zaskar Range^[1] in India along the Srinagar-Leh highway highway at 34°22′N 76°35′E.^[2]

Namika La is one of two high passes between Kargil and Leh, the other is the even higher Fotu La Pass.^[1]

Footnotes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hilary Keating (July/August 1993). "The Road to Leh". Saudi Aramco World (Houston, Texas: Aramco Services Company) 44 (4): 8–17. ISSN 1530-5821. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
↑ Jina, Prem Singh (August 31, 1998). Ladakh: The Land & The People. India: Indus Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-81-7387-057-6.

Indian mountain pass

Rail

Road

Himalaya	Banihal Pass Bara-lacha la Bilafond La Bum La Pass Borasu Pass Chang La Chanshal Pass Debsa Pass Dehra Compass Diphu Pass Dongkha La Fotu La Goecha La Gyong La Indrahar Pass Jelep La Karakoram Pass Khardung La Kongka Pass Kunzum Pass Lanak La Lipulekh Pass Lungalacha La Mana Pass Marsimik La Nama Pass Namika La Nathu La Pangsau Pass Pensi La Pin Parvati Pass Rohtang Pass Rupin Pass Saach Pass Sasser Pass Sela Pass Shendurjana Ghat Shingo La Shipki La Sia La Sin La Spangur Gap Tanglang La Zoji La

Western Ghats	Amba Ghat Bhor Ghat Chorla Ghat Goa Gap Kasara Ghat Kumbharli Ghat Malshej Ghat Naneghat Palakkad Gap Varandha Ghat

Others	Asirgarh Haldighati Pass

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