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Murgo
Village
Murgo is located in Ladakh
Murgo
Murgo
Location in Ladakh, India
Murgo is located in India
Murgo
Murgo
Murgo (India)
Coordinates: 35°02′28″N 77°56′13″E / 35.04111°N 77.93694°E / 35.04111; 77.93694
Country India
Union TerritoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilNubra
Elevation
[1]
4,500 m (14,600 ft)
Languages
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-LA
Vehicle registrationLA
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7km
4.3miles
Murgo
Murgo
Murgo near the LAC

Murgo is a small hilly village which lies on the Line of Actual Control in Leh district of the union territory of Ladakh in India, close to Chinese-controlled Aksai Chin. It is one of the northernmost villages of India.[2] The Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road (DS-DBO Road) and Sasoma–Sasser La-Saser Brangsa-Gapsam-Daulat Beg Oldi Road (SSSG-DBO Road) running between Leh and Daulat Beg Oldi pass through Murgo.[3] The village is now inhabited by a small civilian population of Baltis.[4] The temperature plummets as low as -30 C in the winters. The weather deteriorates frequently with strong icy winds lashing much of Murgo. Murgo has very little if any vegetation or wildlife.[2] Telecommunication is only available through INMARSAT satellite phones. The Indian Armed Forces have significant presence in the area.

Murgo in a 1916 Survey of India map of the region

Etymology

The name "Murgo" means "gateway of hell" in Tibetic languages.[5] Record from the 1840s indicates the Turkic name was Murgai and Tibetan name was Murgo-Chumik.[6] (Chumik means spring.[7])

History

Murgo was a campsite on the difficult caravan route through Karakoram Pass,[8] the last place with sufficient vegetation for fuel and grass.[6] Czech paleontologist and biologist Ferdinand Stoliczka died here in 1874 during an expedition.[9] A memorial was erected for him in the Moravian cemetery at Leh.

There is a large Buddhist monastery at Murgo.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Lost in Dispute: 7 Beautiful Places near India-China Border". trodly.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ Singh, Rahul; Choudhury, Sunetra (29 September 2023). "India moves to secure key flashpoint at LAC". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. ^ PTI (19 April 2013). "Chinese troops intrude into Indian territory in Ladakh, erect a tented post". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 January 2020. The nearest inhabited town is Murgo to the south, which has a small population of Baltis who primarily depend on apricot farming and yak rearing.
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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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