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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Shyok village
| other_name = Shayok
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh
| coordinates = {{coord|34.1781|78.1399|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = Durbuk<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/|title=Villages | District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh | India|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629222248/https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| elevation_m = 3700
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'''Shyok''' or '''Shayok''' is a village on the bank of the [[Shyok River]] in [[Durbuk]] [[tehsil]] of [[Leh district]] in [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. It is located at the southern tip of the V-shaped course of the Shyok River, where the Tangtse river joins it from the left. Historically, the winter caravan route from [[Leh]] to [[Yarkent|Yarkand]] passed through the village. In modern times, India's [[Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road|strategic road]] to its border post at [[Daulat Beg Oldi]] uses the same route.

== Geography ==
[[File:Shyok.png|thumb|left|The Shyok village is at the southern tip of the V-shaped Shyok River]]
Shyok is connected to [[Durbuk]], 16 km to the south, and [[Agham, Ladakh|Agham]], 47 km to the north, via the Agam-Shyok-Durbuk Road,<ref>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11896019#map=11/34.2254/78.0581 Agam-Shyok-Durbuk Road mapped on OpenStreetMap], retrieved 15 November 2020.</ref> Durbuk is further connected to both [[Leh]] and [[Pangong Lake|Pangong]] via the Kharu-Pangong Road.

A northwest road connects it beyond Agham to  [[Khalsar, India|Khalsar]] 73 km, [[Diskit]] 93 km, [[Panamik]] 120 km and [[Sasoma]] 133 km, along the Shyok River valley.

==Caravan route==

Till 1937, between Ladakh and [[Kashgar]] (in [[Xinjiang]]) on Shyok-DBO route via [[Karakoram Pass]] there were frequent trade caravans.<ref name=tridbo1/>

==Strategic role==
Shyok has geostrategic importance as it is the last Indian village on the 235 km long [[Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road]] in the north which connects it to [[Daulat Beg Oldi]] (DBO) military post 225 km away on the China border. Shyok to BDO area is also called Sub-Sector North (SSN) by the [[Indian Military]], and civilians are not allowed to travel from Shyok to DBO.<ref name=tridbo1>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/india-completes-vital-ladakh-road-762332 India completes vital Ladakh road] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609194834/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/india-completes-vital-ladakh-road-762332 |date=9 June 2020 }}, The Tribune, 23 April 2019.</ref><ref name=tridbo2>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-working-on-two-roads-in-ladakh-amid-border-row/story-lAh4LPrp20Z1wxX4AU9EON.html India working on two roads in Ladakh amid border row], Hindustan Times, 9 July 2020.</ref> [[Sasoma–Saser La Road]] will provide alternative connectivity to DBO.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Singh|first1=Rahul|last2=Choudhury|first2=Sunetra|date=9 June 2020|title=India working on two roads in Ladakh amid border row|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-working-on-two-roads-in-ladakh-amid-border-row/story-lAh4LPrp20Z1wxX4AU9EON.html|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 November 2018|title=World's First Galciated Motorable Road Being Laid in Ladakh by BRO Amid Extreme Weather Conditions|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/worlds-first-galciated-motorable-road-being-laid-in-ladakh-amid-extreme-weather-conditions-by-bro-1942829.html|access-date=2020-06-09|website=CNN-News18|publisher=PTI|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609091851/https://www.news18.com/news/india/worlds-first-galciated-motorable-road-being-laid-in-ladakh-amid-extreme-weather-conditions-by-bro-1942829.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-18|title=World's 'first' glaciated road coming up in Ladakh region of Kashmir|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/ladakh/worlds-first-glaciated-road-coming-up-in-ladakh-region-of-kashmir/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=[[Greater Kashmir]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also==
* [[India-China Border Roads]]
* [[Line of Actual Control]]
* [[Sino-Indian border dispute]]

== References ==
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{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Durbuk tehsil]]

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