Namika La

Namika La
Elevation	3,700 m (12,139 ft)
Traversed by	Srinagar-Leh highway
Location
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. ^ ^{a b c} Hilary Keating (July/August 1993). "The Road to Leh". Saudi Aramco World (Houston, Texas: Aramco Services Company) 44 (4): 8–17. ISSN 1530-5821. http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199304/the.road.to.leh.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 
2. ^ Jina, Prem Singh (August 31, 1998). Ladakh: The Land & The People. India: Indus Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-8173870576.