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title: "Finger Area, Pangong Tso: Ladakh LAC Standoff"
description: "The Finger Area refers to eight ridge spurs at Pangong Tso, crucial in the India-China border dispute and significant during the 2020 Ladakh standoff."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Finger Area is a set of eight ridge spurs along the north bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, contested by India and China along the Line of Actual Control.
- Why are the spurs called 'Fingers' rather than named geographic features?
- Where do India and China each place the LAC in the Finger Area?
- What did the February 2021 disengagement actually achieve on the north bank?
- How does the Finger Area dispute differ from the Galwan Valley clash?

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1. 15 June 2020

   Following the fatal Galwan Valley clash of , India responded on the night of 29–30 August 2020 by pre-emptively occupying the dominating heights on the Kaila…

2. 30 August 2020

   Following the fatal Galwan Valley clash of 15 June 2020, India responded on the night of 29– by pre-emptively occupying the dominating heights on the Kailash…

3. 11 February 2021

   Multiple rounds of Corps Commander-level talks at Chushul-Moldo culminated in a disengagement agreement announced by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on , unde…

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On 11 February 2021, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced in Parliament that India and China had agreed to disengage on Pangong Tso's banks, with the PLA withdrawing east of Finger 8 and Indian troops to their Finger 3 base.

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