Namika La
The pillar of the sky, a pass on the Srinagar-Leh road between Kargil and Lamayuru.
- Where
- Kargil, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 34.3833, 76.4597
Get the Namika La stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Namika La. 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 Namika La
Fotu La 25 km
The highest point on the Srinagar-Leh road, above Lamayuru.
Lamayuru Monastery 31 km
The oldest gompa in Ladakh, standing over eroded clay hills that people here call the moonland.
Kun 54 km
The lower of the Nun Kun pair, and the more climbed of the two.
Pensi La 58 km
The pass between Suru and Zanskar, with the Drang Drung glacier laid out below it.
Kargil War Memorial 60 km
Tololing and Tiger Hill from the road below.
Turtuk 62 km
Balti village, Indian only since 1971.
Dras 64 km
The second coldest inhabited place on earth, and the town below the ridges the Kargil war was fought on.
Suru Valley 65 km
Apricots below Nun and Kun.
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Questions
Where is Namika La?
Namika La is in Kargil, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Fotu La (25 km), Lamayuru Monastery (31 km), Kun (54 km).
How do I get the Namika La stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Namika La 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 Namika La 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.
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