Shūshot

Shūshot is a locality in , and has an elevation of 3,261 metres. Shūshot is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shey Monastery and Thikse Monastery.

Castle
Photo: Kmohankar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Gompa or the Shey Palace are complex structures located on a hillock in , 15 kilometres to the south of in , northern on the Leh-Manali road.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Shashank Mehendale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thiksey Monastery or Thiksey Gompa is a Buddhist monastery affiliated with the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill in approximately 19 kilometres east of , in the region of northern . is situated 4 km east of Shūshot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shey and Chuchat Yakma.

Village
Photo: Kiran L Reddy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leh is one of the two capitals of , a union territory of . Leh is in the Indus River Valley, at a crossroads of the old trading routes from , and .

Village
, also known as Chuchot Yokma, is a village in the Leh district of , . It is located in the tehsil. is situated 3 km northwest of Shūshot.

Village
Photo: Kiran Jonnalagadda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and the headquarters of its eponymous block in Leh district, Ladakh, India. It is located in the tehsil. The is located here. is situated 4 km east of Shūshot.

Shūshot

Latitude
34.05334° or 34° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
77.62486° or 77° 37′ 30″ east
Elevation
3,261 metres (10,699 feet)
Open location code
8J6V3J3F+8W
Geo­Names ID
1256411
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