... Khardung La is the highest motorable pass in the world Gateway to Siachen Glacier, second highest glacier in the non-polar world Beautiful valleys with many mountain passes One of most remote areas in the world Snow-covered from ...
... Khardung la. It took us above 11⁄2 hrs to cover just 300 m. At Khardung la the roadside board reads 'the world highest motorable road; 5600 m above mean sea level'. It gave me a great pleasure and relief. I was made to understand that ...
... Khardung La, the mountain pass you cross to reach it, lies to the north of Leh, in the north-eastern corner of Ladakh towards the border with China. The road from Leh (the imaginatively named Khardung La Road) winds its way initially ...
Sarah Woods. KHARDUNG LA, INDIA To hit the world's highest motorable road on 20 pounds of lightweight alloy is almost certainly a form of insanity, yet each year several hundred cyclists do just that. The Khardung La in India may be just ...
... Khardung-La (18,380 feet). We halted at Khardung-La for an hour, to allow the convoys of the Indian Army to pass. The view from Khardung-La is picturesque. Innumerable number of snow clad peaks stretch from one end of the horizon to the ...
... Khardung la is situated on the Khardung range , which runs continuously from west to east . From the meeting point of the Shyok and Indus rivers and going eastwards this range meets the Pangong range . North of both these ranges lies ...
... Khardung La Pass– Khardung La is a mountain pass in Kashmir or North western Himalayas the Leh district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. (d) Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas Zoji la– Zoji La is a high mountain pass in the ...
... Khardung La - Ladakh Mountain ranges RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist : Banihal Pass–Banihal Pass is a ... Khardung La Pass– Khardung La is a mountain pass in the Leh district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. Zoji la– Zoji ...
... Khardung La is marked as the Highest Motorable Road in India. Leh is at 3500 Meters of elevation and Khardung La is at 5359 meters. So, one can relate how much elevation gains can attain while reaching the top. The Army medical camps ...
The SIACHEN Saga Nitin A Gokhale. Khardung La-- in itself a fearful obstacle at 18,340 feet—was rather basic. Only three tonne 'Shaktiman' trucks could rough it out on the tracks that existed beyond Khardung La. Today, on a good day, it ...