SHASHI LAKE KARGIL

📍 Location : Shashi Lake , Sandown-Chiktan ,Kargil.
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Shashi #Lake popularly known as Shashi Tso is one of the #unexplored lakes of #Kargil. It is a beautiful #artificial lake located in upper #mountain range of Shashi at an altitude of 4,200 metres (14,000 ft) surrounded by mountains on all sides.
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SHASHI LAKE is an artificial lake that was built a few decades before by the ancestors of village Sandow in the 20th century. Shashi Lake (popularly known as Shashi Tso) is one of the unexplored lakes of Kargil located 08 km from village Sandow and at a distance of 105 from the district headquarter. It is a beautiful artificial lake located in the upper mountain range of Shashi at an altitude of 4,200 meters (14,000 ft) surrounded by mountains, plateaus on all sides. The lake is bounded by villages from all sides like Lalung from the north side, Karith from the west, Sandow from the south and Darsiks from the east, and considered as water resources for the village Sandow, Yokma kharboo, Samuna.  The lake was not under the tourism department as remained unexplored by the outsiders hence as Hidden beauty at peak.  The lake was built because at that time due to increasing water level in the area of nearly few square kilometers which led to the chance of flood downstream to the villages viz; Sandow