Murgo
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  Murgo Location in Ladakh, India  Murgo Murgo (India) | |
| Coordinates: 35°02′28″N 77°56′13″E / 35.04111°N 77.93694°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Nubra |
| Elevation | 4,500 m (14,600 ft) |
| Languages | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-LA |
| Vehicle registration | LA |
Murgo is a small hilly village which lies on the border of Leh district in the union territory of Ladakh in India, close to Chinese-controlled Aksai Chin. It is one of the northernmost villages of India.[2]
Etymology
The name "Murgo" means "gateway of hell" in Tibetic languages.[3] Record from the 1840s indicates the Turkic name was Murgai and Tibetan name was Murgo-Chumik.[4] (Chumik means spring.[5])
History
Murgo was a campsite on the difficult caravan route through Karakoram Pass,[6] the last place with sufficient vegetation for fuel and grass.[4] Czech paleontologist and biologist Ferdinand Stoliczka died here in 1874 during an expedition.[7] A memorial was erected for him in the Moravian cemetery at Leh.
There is a large Buddhist monastery at Murgo.
References
- ^ Indian Mountaineer. Indian Mountaineering Foundation. 1983.
At the extreme right corner of this 6 km long ground is a place called Murgo (14,600ft), situated on the bank of a tributary known as Burtsa nalla.
- ^ "Lost in Dispute: 7 Beautiful Places near India-China Border". trodly.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Kapadia, Harish (1999). Across Peaks & Passes in Ladakh, Zanskar & East Karakoram. Indus Publishing. pp. 229–230. ISBN 978-81-7387-100-9.
Once down in Ladakh even lama scholars far away at Darjeeling also gave the same interpretation of the names as a Ladakhi ... Murgo: gateway of hell. (Mur: hell, go: gate).
- ^ a b Thomson, Thomas (1852). Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India, During the Years 1847-8. Reeve and Company. pp. 422–424.
The encamping-ground is called by the Turki merchants Murgai, by the Tibetans, Murgo-Chumik ... It was the last place at which I was to expect a sufficiency of fuel ... or grass ... A number of springs appeared to break out of the ground close to my tent
- ^ American Alpine Club. 1975 American Alpine Journal. The Mountaineers Books. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-933056-30-2.
Chumik: "spring" from chhu (water) + mik (eye)
- ^ thinkquest.org (26 November 2005). "Murgo". thinkquest.org. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2005.
It is rightly named as the route beyond Murgo, towards the Karakoram Pass, passes through a desolate barren gorge ... Murgo is a camping site.
- ^ Kapadia (2005). Into the Untravelled Himalaya: Travels, Treks, and Climbs. Indus Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-81-7387-181-8.
There was a memorial to Ferdinand Stolickzka ... He died at Murgo on 19 July 1874, and a tower has been erected here in his memory.
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