Namika La

34°23′00″N 76°27′37″E / 34.3832°N 76.4603°E / 34.3832; 76.4603

Namika La (Wylie: gnam gyi ka la; "Pillar of the Sky Pass") is a high mountain pass in the Zaskar Range of the Himalayas in Ladakh, India, at an elevation of 3,700 m or 12,139 ft.^[1] It is traversed by the Srinagar-Leh highway.^[2]

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

The western approach to the pass is via the Wakha Rong valley, making a detour to a waterless branch valley of it above the village of Mulbekh. To the east of the pass is another branch valley (Saraks Lungpa) of the Sangeluma river valley in the vicinity of Bodh Karbu.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Hilary Keating (July–August 1993). "The Road to Leh". Saudi Aramco World. 44 (4). Houston, Texas: Aramco Services Company: 8–17. ISSN 1530-5821. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
^ Jina, Prem Singh (31 August 1998). Ladakh: The Land & The People. India: Indus Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-81-7387-057-6.
^ Rizvi, Janet (1996), Ladakh: Crossroads of High Asia (Second ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 20–21, ISBN 978-0-19-564016-8 – via archive.org

Mountain passes of India

Rail

Mountain Railways	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Kalka–Shimla railway Kangra Valley Railway Matheran Hill Railway Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Rail Mountain Pass	Bhor Ghat Braganza Ghats Budhni-Barkhera Ghat Palakkad Gap Shindawane Ghat Thal Ghat

Road

Ladakh	Bilafond La Chang La Fotu La Gyong La Indira Col Jianan Pass Karakoram Pass Khardung La Kongka Pass Marsimik La Sasser Pass Sia La Spanggur Gap Tanglang La Umling La Zojila Pass
Himalaya	Auden's Col Banihal Pass Bara-lacha la Bhaba Pass Bum La Pass Borasu Pass Chanshal Pass Cho La Debsa Pass Diphu Pass Dongkha La Goecha La Indrahar Pass Jelep La Kepang La Kunzum Pass Lipulekh Pass Lungalacha La Mana Pass Nama Pass Namika La Nathu La Pangsau Pass Pensi La Pin Parbati Pass Rezang La Rohtang Pass Rupin Pass Saach Pass Sela Pass Shingo La Shipki La Sin La Sinthan Pass Traill's Pass Tulung La
Western Ghats	Agumbe Ghat Amboli Ghat Amba Ghat Ambenali ghat Balebare Ghat Bisle Ghat Bopdev Ghat Bhor Ghat Bhoste Ghat Chandanapuri Ghat Charmadi Ghat Chorla Ghat Dive Ghat Ganesh Ghat Goa Gap Thal Ghat (Kasara Ghat) Kashedi Ghat Kamthe Ghat Katraj Ghat Khambatki Ghat Kumbharli Ghat Mahur Ghat Malshej Ghat Naneghat Palakkad Gap Parshuram Ghat Pasarni Ghat Phonda Ghat Sampaje Ghat Shiradi Ghat Tamhini Ghat Varandha Ghat
Vindhya	Bheru Ghat Budhni Ghat Manpur Ghat
Others	Asirgarh Ghat Goran Ghat Haldighati Pass

Union Territory of Ladakh

Capital: Kargil; Leh

State symbols

History

Pre-Independent India	Maryul Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war Treaty of Tingmosgang Dogra–Tibetan War Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir
Post-Independent India	1947–1948 India-Pakistan War 1948 military operations in Ladakh 1971 battle of Turtuk 2010 Ladakh floods 2019 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh reorganisation
Conflicts	Demchok conflict India–China conflict India–Pakistan conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict

Administration

Districts
Politics of Ladakh
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh
Ladakh Police
Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency
Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Lieutenant Governors
Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Geography

General	Four types of Himalayan ranges Geology of the Himalaya
Ranges	Baltoro Muztagh Ladakh Range Saltoro Mountains Zanskar Range Kailash Range
Plateau	Depsang Plains More plains Sirijap Teram Shehr Plateau
Valleys	Leh Rupshu Salt Valley Mushkoh Valley Padum Shyok Suru Valley Nubra Zanskar Aryan valley
Glaciers	Chumik Glacier Drang-Drung Glacier Machoi Glacier Parkachik Glacier Shafat Glacier Siachen Glacier
Lakes	Tso Moriri Pangong Tso
Rivers	Sutlej Beas Ravi Shyok Chenab Drass River Indus Zanskar Tsarap Doda Yapola Suru River Markha Galwan Chip Chap
Passes	Bilafond La Chang la Fotu La Gyong La Indira Col Karakoram Pass Khardung La Kongka Pass Lachulung La Taglang La Marsimik La Namika La Pensi La Rezang La Rimo Sasser Pass Sia La Shingo La Spanggur Gap Zoji La
Mountain peaks	Bana Top Chumik Kangri Ghent Kangri Gurung Hill India Saddle K12 Saltoro Kangri Sherpi Kangri Tiger Saddle

Human
settlements

Culture

General	Music of Ladakh
Languages	Ladakhi Purgi Balti Zangskari Changthang Brokskat
Festivals	Bono-na festival

Tourism and
wildlife

Wildlife	Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary Hemis National Park Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary
Tourism	Khurnak Fort Ladakh Marathon Shanti Stupa, Ladakh Siachen Base Camp
Indo-Tibetan Buddhist monasteries	Alchi Bardan Basgo Chemrey Diskit Hanle Hemis Hundur Korzok Karsha Lamayuru Likir Lingshed Mashro/Matho Monastery Mulbekh Namgyal Tsemo Phugtal Phyang Rangdum Rizong Sani Sankar Saspul Shey Monastery Spituk Stakna Stok Stongdey Takthok Thikse Tserkarmo Tonde Wanla Zangla Zongkul

Transport

Airports	Kargil Airport Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (Leh) Military AGLs
Roads	Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road India-China Border Roads Leh–Manali Highway NH1 Leh–Kargil–Srinagar Highway Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road (under construction) Sasoma–Saser La Road
Railway	Bhanupli–Leh line (Planned) Srinagar–Leh line (Planned)

Infrastructure

General	Indian Astronomical Observatory
Dams and hydroelectric project	Chutak Dumkhar Salal
Education	Central Institute of Buddhist Studies Defence Institute of High Altitude Research Druk White Lotus School Eliezer Joldan Memorial College Leh, Ladakh Government Degree College, Kargil Phuktal Monastic School Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh University of Ladakh