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{{Infobox mountain pass<br />
| name = Fotu La<br />
| other_name = {{lang-hi|script=Latn|fōtu lā}}<br />
| photo = Fotu.La.01.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Fotu La<br />
| map = India Ladakh#India<br />
| map_caption = Location of Fotu La in Ladakh<br />
| elevation_m = 4108<br />
| elevation_ref = <br />
| traversed = [[National Highway 1D (India)|Srinagar-Leh highway]]<br />
| location = [[Ladakh]], [[India]]<br />
| range = [[Himalaya]], [[Ladakh Range]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|34|17|38|N|76|42|08|E|type:landmark_region:NL_source:nlwiki|display=inline,title}}<br />
| topo = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Fotu La''' ({{lang-hi|script=Latn|fōtu lā}}) or '''Fatu La''' is a [[mountain pass]] on the [[National Highway 1D (India)|Srinagar-Leh highway]] in the [[Zanskar|Zanskar Range]] of the [[Himalaya]]s<ref name="Keating">{{cite journal<br />
| author = Hilary Keating<br />
| date = July–August 1993<br />
| title = The Road to Leh<br />
| journal = [[Saudi Aramco World]]<br />
| volume = 44<br />
| issue = 4<br />
| pages = 8–17<br />
| publisher = [[Aramco Services Company]]<br />
| location = Houston, Texas<br />
| issn = 1530-5821<br />
| url = http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199304/the.road.to.leh.htm<br />
| access-date = 2009-06-29}}</ref> in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url= http://www.geonames.org/1271868/fotu-la.html<br />
|title= Fotu La Pass<br />
|author=[[GeoNames]]<br />
|access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref> At an elevation of {{convert|4108|m}}, it is the highest point on the highway, surpassing the famed [[Zoji La]].<br />
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Fotu La is one of two high mountain passes between [[Leh]] and [[Kargil town|Kargil]], the other being [[Namika La]].<ref name="Keating"/><br />
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Moving eastwards, the highway begins to descend towards the [[Lamayuru]] after Fotu La. There is a [[Prasar Bharati]] television relay station serving Lamayuru located on the pass.<br />
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[[Category:Mountain passes of Ladakh]]<br />
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Himalayas]]<br />
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