Hanle Observatory
The darkest sky reserve in India.
- Where
- Hanle, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 32.7794, 78.9642
Get the Hanle Observatory stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hanle Observatory. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Ladakh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hanle Observatory
Mig La 14 km
Umling La on the Changthang plateau, carrying what is held to be the highest motorable road in the world.
Umling La 31 km
The highest motorable road in the world.
Mount Gya 60 km
The highest peak in Himachal, on the Ladakh border, and unclimbed by agreement with the local people.
Tso Moriri 62 km
A high altitude lake at forty five hundred metres, a Ramsar wetland, and the summer breeding ground of the black necked crane.
Rezang La 85 km
Where a hundred and twenty men of 13 Kumaon held the pass in 1962 until almost all were dead.
Tabo Monastery 94 km
A thousand years of murals in mud walls.
Reo Purgyil 102 km
The highest peak in Himachal Pradesh that anybody is allowed to climb, on the Tibet border.
Kaza 104 km
The Spiti sub divisional headquarters at 3,800 metres.
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Questions
Where is Hanle Observatory?
Hanle Observatory is in Hanle, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mig La (14 km), Umling La (31 km), Mount Gya (60 km).
How do I get the Hanle Observatory stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hanle Observatory and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ladakh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hanle Observatory before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ladakh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.