Thiksey

Thiksey is a transport stop in , and has an elevation of 3,270 metres. Thiksey is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thikse Monastery and Shey Monastery.

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 390 metres north of Thiksey.

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 India on the Leh-Manali road. is situated 3½ km northwest of Thiksey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thiksey and Shey.

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.

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 . is situated 3 km northwest of Thiksey.

Village
, also known as Chuchot Yokma, is a village in the Leh district of , . It is located in the tehsil. is situated 6 km northwest of Thiksey.

Thiksey

Latitude
34.05329° or 34° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
77.66519° or 77° 39′ 55″ east
Elevation
3,270 metres (10,728 feet)
Open location code
8J6V3M38+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 493507780
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
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