Government of India, in consultation with UT of Ladakh, identify 28 places/features, located in the UT of Ladakh, by standard place and feature names on the official map of Survey of India (SoI)

Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India, in consultation with UT of Ladakh, identify 28 places/features, located in the UT of Ladakh, by standard place and feature names on the official map of Survey of India (SoI)

Posted On: 02 OCT 2026 9:31AM by PIB Delhi Government of India, in consultation with the Union Territory of Ladakh, has identified a total of twenty- eight (28) places/features, located in the UT of Ladakh, by standard place and feature names on the official map of Survey of India (SoI). Identifying them formally on the Survey of India map of UT of Ladakh is aimed at facilitating their accurate recognition and better awareness among the public at large.

These twenty-eight (28) places/features so identified on the Survey of India map of the Union Territory of Ladakh, are as under:

Union Territory of Ladakh (28) S.No. Name of Place Feature Type 1 Atisha Giri Peak 2 Brangsa Land area 3 Chapchingal Pass Pass 4 Kanishka Peak Peak 5 Karun Pir Mountain 6 Kuksel Land area 7 Martand Giri Peak 8 Parpik Glacier9 Skamri Glacier Glacier 10 Shachmirk Pass Pass 11 Shkorga Valley Valley 12 Zorawar Peak Peak 13 Dehra Compass Land area 14 Drak Karpo Mountain 15 Gogra Land area 16 Jolmori Mountain 17 Kumarayana Point Land area 18 Panglung Land area 19 Rinchen Zangpo Peak 20 Sakyasri Giri Peak 21 Guru Rinpoche Lake 22 Shamal Lungpa Land area 23 Yangpa River River 24 Hot Spring Water body 25 Marpa Lotsava Ri Peak 26 Milarepa Kangri Peak 27 Shiva Ri Peak 28 Maheshvara Ri Peak The map of Ladakh, with additional places / features, can be viewed at https://surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/s tate-maps.

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