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News: Two Army personnel were killed after their vehicle plunged into a 600-foot-deep gorge near Namika La Pass on the Kargil-Leh highway.
About Namika La Pass
- Namika La is a high mountain pass in the Zaskar Range of the Himalayas in Ladakh.
- It is also known as the pillar of the sky passes.
- It is one of two major high passes connecting Kargil and Leh. The other is the higher Fotu La Pass (13,478 ft).
- It is situated on the way to the Mulbek Valley (located in Kargil) and is traversed by the Srinagar-Leh highway.
- Height: It is at a very high elevation, about 3,700 m above sea level.
- The route to Namika La Pass features the famous Maitreya Buddha statue and a Gompa.
