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 briefly a part of the kingdom of Guge in Western Tibet. Zanskar lies 250 km south of Kargil town on NH301.
| Zanskar Range | |
|---|---|
Zanskar mountains towering over Padum | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,756 metres (25,446 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,825 metres (9,268 ft) |
| Coordinates | 33°28′8″N 76°52′39″E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 400 miles (640 km) |
| Naming | |
| Native name | ཟངས་དཀར་ (Zangskari) |
| Geography | |
Zanskar Range Location of Zanskar mountain range within the greater Ladakh region Zanskar Range Zanskar Range (India) | |
| Location | Kargil, Ladakh, India |
| Parent range | Tethys Himalaya |
The Zanskar Range is a mountain range in the union territory of Ladakh that separates the Zanskar valley from Indus valley at Leh. Geologically, the Zanskar Range is part of the Tethys Himalaya, an approximately 100-km-wide synclinorium formed by strongly folded and imbricated, weakly metamorphosed sedimentary series. The average height of the Zanskar Range is about 6,000 m (19,700 ft). Its eastern part is known as Rupshu. Zanskar had a population of approximately 20,000 in 2020. There have been demands to convert Zanskar into a district.