Fotu La or Fatu La is a mountain pass

Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...

 on the Srinagar-Leh highway

National Highway 1D (India)

National Highway 1D , also known as Srinagar-Leh Highway, is a National Highway entirely within the state of Jammu & Kashmir in North India that connects Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh. It is one of the only two roads that connect Ladakh with the rest of India, the other being Leh-Manali Highway...

 in the Himalayas Zaskar Range in India

India

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. At an elevation of 4108 metres (13,477.7 ft), it is the highest point on the highway, surpassing the famed Zoji La

Zoji La

Zoji La is a high mountain pass in India, located on the Indian National Highway 1 between Srinagar and Leh in the western section of the Himalayan mountain range. Though often referred to as Zojila Pass in the foreign press, the correct English translation is Zoji Pass or simply Zojila, since...

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Fotu La is one of two high mountain passes between Leh and Kargil

Kargil town

Kargil is a town, which serves as the headquarters of Kargil District of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is the second largest town in Ladakh after Leh...

, the other being Namika La

Namika La

Namika La or Namika Pass , Pillar of the Sky Pass, is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas Zaskar Range in India along the Srinagar-Leh highway highway at 34°22′N 76°35′E....

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Moving eastwards, the highway begins to descend towards the town of Lamayuru

Lamayuru

Lamayuru or Yuru Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist Gompa in Kargil District, Western Ladakh, situated on the Srinagar - Kargil - Leh road 15 km east of the Fotu La, at a height of 3,510 m.-History:A. H...

 after Fotu La. There is a Prasar Bharati

Prasar Bharati

Prasar Bharati is India's largest public broadcaster. It is an autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises Doordarshan television network and All India Radio which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.Prasar Bharati was...

television relay station serving Lamayuru located on the pass.