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Village in Ladakh, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merak is a village on the southern banks of Pangong Tso, near Spangmik on the south India-China border in the Leh District, Ladakh.
Merak | |
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Coordinates: 33°47′50.535″N 78°35′28.356″E | |
Country | India |
Union Territory | Ladakh |
Territory | Ladakh |
District | Leh district |
Merak is situated 176 kilometers east of Leh, on the southern banks of Pangong Tso. It is directly opposite to Finger 3 which is located on the northern bank of the lake.[1]
In 2018, a telescope was installed to study solar chromosphere at Indian Astronomical Observatory, Merak.[2] The village is also the proposed site for National Large Solar Telescope (NLST), a Gregorian multi-purpose open telescope.[3] Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arcs were observed in Merak in November 2023[4][5] and during the May 2024 solar storms.[6][7]
In 2021, the village got its first tap water supply.[8] Also, BSNL, a state-run telecom service provider got approval from Indian Army for a 25-km optical fibre cable link between Merak and Chushul for civilian telecom traffic.[1]
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