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Highest Motorable Road by Reported Elevation
India's Border Roads Organisation built a motorable road over Mig La Pass in Ladakh in 2025, claiming an elevation of roughly 5,913 metres. Independent terrain analysis suggests about 5,806 metres, leaving the precise height and record status disputed.
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about5,913m
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- Holder
- Mig La motorable road
- Start date
- 2025
- Record status
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Disagreement and differing conclusions：The 5,913 m value is a builder-reported claim, and about 5,806 m is a separate terrain-model estimate. The measurement locations and vertical height datums have not been reconciled. Geographic WGS84 coordinates alone do not establish a common height datum or a surveyed road summit.
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Archive NoteMig La forms part of the Border Roads Organisation's Likaru–Mig La–Fukche road in eastern Ladakh, intended to improve access to remote areas. Construction teams announced the new high pass in early October 2025.
The builder reports 19,400 ft (about 5,913 m), above the earlier certified 5,798.251-m Umling La road, while an independent terrain-model analysis suggests around 5,806 m. The positions and vertical datums underlying these figures are not yet reconciled, so the higher figure remains a contested claim.
Record history
1 Milestones- about 5,913 mMig La motorable roadMig La Pass, Ladakh, IndiaCurrent Record
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DisputedThere is a documented substantive disagreement about measurement, comparison boundaries or the record conclusion.
Basis: documented substantive disagreement
In October 2025 Akashvani relayed the Border Roads Organisation's claim that Mig La is the highest motorable road at 19,400 ft (about 5,913 m). An April 2026 terrain-model assessment by Viewfinder Panoramas suggested about 5,806 m. Precise positions, vertical datums and methods have not been reconciled against each other or the earlier certified Umling La result, so this record is marked disputed.
Disagreement and differing conclusions
The 5,913 m value is a builder-reported claim, and about 5,806 m is a separate terrain-model estimate. The measurement locations and vertical height datums have not been reconciled. Geographic WGS84 coordinates alone do not establish a common height datum or a surveyed road summit.
- Highest altitude road
Guinness World Records
The highest altitude road is Umling La Pass at 5,798.251 m
Highest altitude road, Who/What/When
- BRO again scripts history: Mig La 19,400 ft
Akashvani News / Prasar Bharati (India public broadcaster)
Project Himank constructed the world’s highest motorable road at Mig La Pass, located at 19,400 feet above sea level
Opening announcement, Akashvani News October 2025
- The Highest Motorable Road Passes
Viewfinder Panoramas
analysis of Google Earth and local digital elevation data shows a 5,806 metre pass
Update 26 April 2026, Mig La
- Verification assessment
- 2026-11-05
- Last editorial review
- 2026-11-05
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