Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 LSH/1/1/2/1/78
Title
Description of the Goshu Chu valley and nearby gorges
Date(s)
- 1933-07-18 (Creation)
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1 page
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Name of creator
(1898-1967)
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Scope and content
SUMMARY:
The writer notes that the map poorly represented the terrain encountered. The Goshu Chu valley is extremely precipitous below Chuna, with near-vertical rock faces rising thousands of feet, and the gorges near Nyuri and Diphre are described as stupendous.
CONTENT:
Ludlow 60. The map gave us little idea of the country we passed through. The Goshu Chu valley is extremely precipitous below Chuna. Almost vertical rock faces tower upwards for several thousand feet from the river whilst in the immediate neighborhood of Nyuri & Diphre the gorges become stupendous.
