Sumgal is a now-deserted town in the Karakash River valley in Ladakh, Kashmir in the Republic of India or Bharat Ganrajya( भारत). In 1857, the explorer Robert Schlagintweit crossed the Hindutash pass from the camping grounds in Sumgal ( from Gsum Rgal meaning "three fords" in Ladakhi ), on the banks of the Karakash river, approximately 7 miles upstream from Sumgal in Ladakh and estimated its height to be 17,879 feet.