Skakjung

Skakjung or Kokzhung is 45–kilometer wide pasture land in Eastern Ladakh traditionally used by nomads of nearby villages such as Chushul and Nyoma. From being an Indian-administered area until the mid-1980s, it became a completely Chinese-administered area in 2008.[1]

Kokzhung area in a map of Jammu and Kashmir by Frederic Drew, 1875

References
  1. Stobdan, P. (26 April 2013). "The Ladakh drift". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.


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