Marsimik La
One of the highest motorable passes anywhere, east of Pangong, and a permit is required.
- Where
- Leh, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 34.0933, 78.6183
Get the Marsimik La stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Marsimik 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 Marsimik La
Pangong Tso 38 km
A salt lake at forty three hundred metres that changes colour through the day, two thirds of it in China.
Chang La 64 km
The pass on the way to Pangong.
Rezang La 65 km
Where a hundred and twenty men of 13 Kumaon held the pass in 1962 until almost all were dead.
Hemis Monastery 87 km
The largest and wealthiest gompa in Ladakh, founded in 1672 and hidden in a gorge that kept it safe.
Thiksey Monastery 88 km
Twelve storeys stepped up a hill in the manner of the Potala, with a fifteen metre Maitreya inside.
Shey Monastery 91 km
The old summer capital of Ladakh, fifteen kilometres from Leh, with the palace and the gompa on one rock.
Leh Palace 95 km
Nine storeys of mud brick, modelled on the Potala.
Khardung La 96 km
Fifty four hundred metres, long claimed as the highest motorable pass in the world, and cold in every month.
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Questions
Where is Marsimik La?
Marsimik La is in Leh, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pangong Tso (38 km), Chang La (64 km), Rezang La (65 km).
How do I get the Marsimik La stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Marsimik 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 Marsimik 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.
Collect your first stamp.
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