Shey
Leh, the main capital of Ladakh, India, is on the Indus River Valley, at a crossroads of the old trading routes from Xinjiang, Tibet and Kashmir.
- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,250 metres (10,660 feet)
- Description: village in Ladakh, India
Places of Interest
Discover Shey Monastery and Thikse Monastery.
Shey Monastery
Shey Monastery or Gompa or the Shey Palace are complex…
Thikse Monastery
Thiksey Monastery or Thiksey Gompa is a Buddhist…
3 km southeast of Shey
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chuchat Yakma and Thiksey.
Chuchat Yakma
Village
Chuchat Yakma, also known as Chuchot Yokma, is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.
3½ km west of Shey
Shey
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Latitude
34.07134° or 34° 4′ 17″ north
Longitude
77.63972° or 77° 38′ 23″ east
Open location code
8J6V3JCQ+GV
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Shey” goes by many names.
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