Phursook Bay
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Phursook Bay (Chinese: 普尔楚; pinyin: Pǔ'ěr chǔ) is a bay in the Pangong Tso that is said to have formed the border between Ladakh and Tibet's Rutog County during the British Raj. The present day Line of Actual Control between China and India runs near the same location and remains fiercely contested.
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Phursook Bay | |
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Location of the Phursook Bay in the Kashmir region | |
Location | Ladakh (India) and Rutog County (Tibet, China) |
Coordinates | 33.67°N 78.735°E / 33.67; 78.735 |
Type | bay |
Part of | Pangong Tso |
Salinity | salt |
Surface elevation | 4,225 metres (13,862 ft) |
Frozen | during winter |
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