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{{short description|Mountain peak on the Line of Control in Kashmir}}
{{engvarB|date=November 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Point 5240
| other_name = Point 5245
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 5240
| coordinates =
| location = [[Line of Control]], [[Ladakh]], [[Kashmir]]
| range = [[Himalayas]]
}}

'''Point 5240''' (also called '''Point 5245''') is a mountain peak situated on the [[Line of Control]], the ''[[de facto]]'' border dividing the [[Ladakh|Indian-]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan|Pakistani-]]administered portions of Ladakh in the [[Dras]] sector of [[Kargil district]].<ref name="India’s Kargil agenda">{{Cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040713/edit.htm#4 |title= Point 5353 still in Pakistan's possession: India's Kargil agenda is incomplete |last=Mehta |first=Gen Ashok K. |access-date=8 June 2018 |work=The Tribune |publication-date=13 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="A Ridge Too Far">{{Cite book |title=A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999 |author-link=Amarinder Singh |last=Singh |first=Amarinder |publisher=Motibagh Palace |year=2001 |isbn=9788193107416 |pages=158, 164}}</ref><ref name="Musharraf's War">{{Cite book |title=Musharraf's War |last=Nath |first=Rajendra |publisher=Lancers Books |year=2003 |page=161}}</ref> It lies southeast of [[Point 5353]],<ref name="Mohinder Puri">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zptCCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT130 |title=Kargil: Turning the Tide |last=Puri |first=Mohinder |publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC |year=2015 |isbn=9781940988238 |page=130}}</ref> at the end of the [[ridge|ridgeline]], on the LoC, coming from Point 5105, one kilometre east of a feature known as Rocky Knob,<ref name="A Ridge Too Far"/><ref name="Musharraf's War"/> about 800 metres away from the base of [[Vikram Batra#Capture_of_Point_5140|Point 5140]].<ref name="Point 5140">{{Cite book |title=Kargil from Surprise to Victory |author-link=Ved Prakash Malik |last=Malik |first=V. P. |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2010 |isbn=9789350293133 |page=163}}</ref>

Following the end of the [[Kargil War]], the Indian and Pakistani local military commanders agreed to a plan to vacate Point 5240, along with two other mountains nearby — namely, Point 5353 and Point 5165 — all on the LoC.<ref name="India’s Kargil agenda"/><ref name="Mohinder Puri"/> However, in late October 1999, units of [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8 Mountain Division]] of the Indian Army captured Point 5240.<ref name="India’s Kargil agenda"/> They subsequently captured Point 5165 as well apparently to forestall their capture by Pakistanis.<ref name="India’s Kargil agenda"/> Thus, Point 5240 continues to be under Indian control.

Point 5240 provides "good" observation of the Pakistani supply route for Point 5353, according to the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Indian defence ministry]].<ref name=Kak>B. L. Kak, [http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2000/kashmir20000829b.html Pakistan Troops Pose Threat To Dras-Kargil Highway], Daily Excelsior, 29 August 2000.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:India–Pakistan border]]
[[Category:Mountains of Ladakh]]
[[Category:Five-thousanders of the Himalayas]]
[[Category:Kargil War]]

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