Thoise

Thoise
city
Thoise Show map of Jammu and Kashmir Thoise Show map of India Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 34°39′N 77°23′E / 34.65°N 77.38°E / 34.65; 77.38Coordinates: 34°39′N 77°23′E / 34.65°N 77.38°E / 34.65; 77.38
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Leh
Elevation^[1]	3,070 m (10,070 ft)
Languages
• Official	Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Thoise is a military airfield^[2] and small village in Shyok Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India, occupying the only large piece of flat land in the area. The airstrip is a critical facility enabling a quick inflow of men and material from the Indian mainland to Siachen, a glacier, helipad and battleground near the Actual Ground Position Line between India and Pakistan.

THOISE is not a real name but an acronym: Transit Halt Of Indian Soldiers Enroute (to Siachen).^[3] Thoise is about an hour's(1 hour 20 minutes) flight from Delhi. Air India has its limited flight operations from "Thoise" to Delhi (Flight AI 3832). The place is approximately 16 km away from the village of Hundur and 25 km from Disket. It is about 160 km from Leh, the capital of Ladakh. Thoise is reached via the Khardungla pass, one of the world's highest roads used by motor vehicles.

Thoise is out of bounds for civilians. The last checkpost is at Hundur, at a bridge where photography is not permitted. Indian Oil Corporation Limited is making an oil depot to serve the Indian army. The construction project is in progress and is monitored from Chandigarh.

References

↑ "Flying the Bofors into Thoise". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
↑ "World Aeroport Data". Retrieved 2008-02-12.
↑ "BBC Hindi Service News". (Hindi)

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Ladakh

Passes	Khardung La Sasser Pass Karakoram Pass Lachulung La Tanglang La Chang la Marsimik La Rezang La Zoji La Pensi La Shingo La Spangur Gap Kongka La Lanak La Dehra Compass

Valleys	Leh Rupshu Salt Valley Padum Shyok Suru Valley Nubra Zanskar

Cities and Towns	Leh Kargil Upshi Padum Rangdum Dras Hemis Hanle Nyoma Sankoo Likir Khalatse Thiksey Chemrey Shey Zangla Daulat Beg Oldi Thoise Turtuk Chalunka Fukche Ukdungle Demchok Diskit Chushul Nimu

Rivers, glaciers and lakes	Sutlej Beas Ravi Shyok Chenab Indus Zanskar Tsarap Doda Yapola Suru River Markha Galwan Chip Chap Siachen Glacier Drang-drung Rimo Tso Moriri Pangong Tso Spanggur Tso

Monasteries	Alchi Bardan Basgo Chemrey Diskit Hanle Hemis Hundur Korzok Karsha Lamayuru Likir Lingshed Mashro Matho Mulbekh Namgyal Tsemo Phugtal Phyang Rangdum Rizong Sani Sankar Saspul Shey Monastery Spituk Stakna Stok Stongdey Takthok Thikse Tserkarmo Tonde Wanla Zangla Zongkul

See also	History of Ladakh Shanti Stupa Baltistan Leh–Manali Highway Bilaspur–Mandi–Leh railway Lahaul and Spiti Tourism in Ladakh Ladakhi language Wildlife of Ladakh Curious BRO roadsigns Geography of Ladakh Saltoro Kangri More plains Depsang Plains Khurnak Fort Sirijap Gurung Hill Ladakh Marathon

Indian Air Force bases

Western Air Command	Adampur Ambala Amritsar Awantipora Bathinda Chandigarh Halwara Hindon Leh Palam Pathankot Sarsawa Siachen Glacier Sirsa Srinagar Udhampur

Eastern Air Command	Agartala Bagdogra Barapani AFS Barrackpore Chabua Dum Dum Hasimara Jorhat Kalaikunda Kumbhigram Mohanbari Mountain Shadow Tawang Tezpur Panagarh

Central Air Command	Agra Bihta Darbhanga Bakshi Ka Talab Bamrauli Bareilly Chakeri Gorakhpur Maharajpur

Southern Air Command	Car Nicobar Coimbatore Madurai Port Blair Tambaram Thanjavur

South Western Air Command	Bhuj Jaisalmer Jamnagar Jodhpur Lohegaon Nal-Bikaner Naliya Phalodi Uttarlai Makarpura

Training Command	Begumpet Bidar Dundigal Hakimpet Yelahanka Belgaum

Maintenance Command	Nagpur Ojhar

Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs)	Daulat Beg Oldi Chushul Fukche Nyoma Thoise Dharasu Vijaynagar Pasighat Mechuka Walong Tuting Ziro Along Tawang

All bases and landing grounds are suffixed with AFS and ALG which means Air Force Station and Advanced Landing Ground respectively. Examples: Pathankot AFS, Fukche ALG

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