Ladakh
Leh district
Khalsi

Fotu La

Fotu La or Fatu La is a mountain pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway in the of the Himalayas in . At an elevation of 4,108 metres, it is the highest point on the highway, surpassing the famed .
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  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 4,020 metres
  • Description: mountain pass in India
  • Also known as: “Foto La” and “Photo La”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lamayuru.

Photo: Fulvio Spada, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamayouro is a village in the Leh district of , . The is located nearby. It is located in the tehsil. The region is also referred to as ‘Moon Land’, due to its terrain's resemblance to the surface of the Moon.

Fotu La

Latitude
34.2892° or 34° 17′ 21″ north
Longitude
76.70153° or 76° 42′ 6″ east
Elevation
4,020 metres (13,189 feet)
Open location code
8J6R7PQ2+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1702304460
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
1271868
Wiki­data ID
Q2675874
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Satellite Map

Discover Fotu La from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Fotu La” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ফোতু গিরিবর্ত্ম”
  • Cebuano: “Fotu La”
  • Dutch: “Fatu La”
  • German: “Fotu La”
  • Gujarati: “ફોતુ ઘાટ”
  • Hindi: “फोतु ला”
  • Portuguese: “Fotu La”
  • Spanish: “Fotu La”
  • Swedish: “Fotu La”
  • Urdu: “فوٹو لا”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Fotu La Pass and Lalok Changlang La.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fotu La”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.