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Nyagzu ནགས་བཙུགས
campsite
Location of Nyagzu
Nyagzu is located in KashmirNyagzuNyagzuShow map of KashmirNyagzu is located in NgariNyagzuNyagzuShow map of NgariNyagzu is located in LadakhNyagzuNyagzuShow map of Ladakh
Coordinates: 34°00′31″N 78°54′19″E / 34.0087°N 78.9052°E / 34.0087; 78.9052
CountryChina
RegionTibet
PrefectureNgari Prefecture
CountyRutog
Elevation4,620 m (15,160 ft)

Nyagzu or Nagzug (Tibetan: ནགས་བཙུགས, Wylie: nags btsugs, THL: nak tsuk) is a pasture and campground in the Chumesang river valley to the north of Pangong Lake. It is in territory disputed between India and China, that has been under Chinese administration since 1960–1961.

Nyagzu lies at the confluence of a stream called Ruang Yogma with the Chumesang river, and was known to have ample vegetation amidst a barren landscape. Multiple sources during the British colonial administration mentioned Nyagzu and the Ruang Yogma stream being the border between Ladakh and Tibet in this region. The Chinese claim line in 1956 can also be seen to follow this border. However, by 1960, China enlarged its claims much further west, and opened posts at Nyagzu and at the nearby spot of Dambu Guru.

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Notes

  1. Alternative spelling: Niagzu, and "Niazi".
  2. Alternative spellings: "Rawang Yogma".

References

  1. Woodman, Himalayan Frontiers (1969), pp. 61–62.
  2. Mullik, The Chinese Betrayal (1971), pp. 199–200.
  3. Ngari Prefecture, KNAB Place Name Database, retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. Trotter, Account of the Pundit's Journey (1877), p. 89.
  5. Trotter, Account of the Pundit's Journey (1877), p. 89: "At Niagzu, Rawang is the boundary between Tibet and Ladakh; the right bank of the stream belongs to the latter and the left bank to the former.".
  6. Wellby, Through Unknown Tibet (1898), pp. 56–57: "At this stage we had come nearly forty-five miles from Ludhkong , and this was Niagzu, a place well worthy of note, for it neither lies in Ladakh nor in Tibet. We had thus reached the border of the land we were anxious to traverse .".
  7. Sinha & Athale, History of the Conflict with China (1992), p. 57: "The claim line then took slightly south-westerly direction and passed Kongka La and Dambuguru and then on along the International Border to Khurnak Fort.".
  8. Sinha & Athale, History of the Conflict with China (1992), p. 60.
  9. Ramachandran, Dimensions of Sino-Indian Relations (1981), p. 31.

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