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| Tiger Hill | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Tiger_Hill_(3976856895).jpg) Tiger hill (highest mountain seen in the background) as seen from the River Drass in Kargil. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,062 m (16,608 ft)[1][2] |
| Coordinates | 34°29′03.8″N 75°39′30.2″E / 34.484389°N 75.658389°E[3] |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | The Himalayas |
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Tiger Hill (also called Point 5062[1][2]) is a mountain in the Drass-Kargil area of Ladakh, India. It is one of the highest peaks in the area and was the subject of a battle during the 1999 Kargil War.[4]
- ^ a b Puri, Mohinder (2015). Kargil: Turning the Tide. Lancer Publishers LLC. p. 107. ISBN 9781940988238.
- ^ a b Singh, Amarinder (2001). A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999. Motibagh Palace. p. 86. ISBN 9788193107416.
- ^ "Tiger Hill". Tiger Hill.
- ^ "Troops re-capture Tiger hill after 3 pronged attack". Jammu-Kashmir.com. 4 July 1999. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2013.