Gyong La
| Gyong La | |||
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 5686 m | ||
| region | Gilgit-Baltistan Special Territory ( Pakistan ) | Union Territory of Ladakh ( India ) | |
| Watershed | → Gyong Glacier → Gyong → Dansam | → Nubra | |
| expansion | Alpine route (alpine transition) | ||
| Mountains | Saltoro Mountains ( Karakoram ) | ||
| particularities | The boundary course is not precisely defined | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 10 ′ 29 " N , 77 ° 4 ′ 15" E | ||
The Gyong La , in German Gyong Pass , is a 5686 meter high mountain pass in the Saltoro Mountains in the southwest of the Siachen Glacier , 20 kilometers from point NJ 980420, a point on the border between India and Pakistan. The pass is located in the eastern Karakoram .
Importance of the passport
Gyong La is not far from the Sia La and Bilafond La passes . These three passes were occupied during Operation Meghdoot by the Indian Army in the Siachen conflict on April 13, 1984. This armed conflict is part of the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, which has been smoldering since 1947 .
The passport, like the other two, is controlled by Indian armed forces.
Web links
- TIME.com: Tim McGirk, Aravind Adiga: War at the Top of the World , May 4, 2005
- pakdef.info: Siachen - The World's Highest Battlefield