Kargyak Gonbo Rangjon Road Zanskar Oct22 A7C 03619

Gonbo Rangjon is a stand-alone lofty rocky precipice located south of Kargyak village in the Lungnak valley,

Zanskar Zanskar, Zahar (locally) or Zangskar, is a tehsil of Kargil district, in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The administrative centre is Padum (former Capital of Zanskar). Zanskar, together with the neighboring region of Ladakh, was brief ...

, in the Union Territory of

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. It is considered to be holy and referred to as God's Mountain by the local inhabitants who practice

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. Gonbo Rangjon lies along the Darcha -

Padum Padum (also known as Padam) is a town named after Padmasambhava. It is the only town and the administrative centre in Zanskar, Kargil district of Ladakh, India. It was historically one of the two main capitals of the Zanskar Kingdom, the other ...

trek route and the Darcha - Padum road. Gonbo Rangjon can be seen from the village of Kargyak which is about to the north. The peak is at and the base of the mountain is about .

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Mountains of Ladakh Kargil district {{Ladakh-geo-stub