Nathatop

Nathatop
Nathatop
Hill Station
	; Nathatop; ; Brahma 1 and 2 peaks, as seen from Nathatop; ; Natha_Top,_Jammu_and_Kashmir
	Nathatop Location in Jammu and Kashmir Nathatop Nathatop (India)
	Coordinates: 33°5′25″N 75°19′35″E / 33.09028°N 75.32639°E
Country	India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Elevation	2,133 m (6,998 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Dogri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	182142
Website	patnitop.nic.in

Nathatop is a radar station and tourist spot located, between Sanasar and Patnitop in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.^[1] It is in located on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (which is part of National Highway 44, formerly 1A), 121 km (75 mi) from Jammu, on the way from Udhampur to Srinagar. Situated on a plateau in the Shivalik belt of the Himalayas, Nathatop sits at an altitude of 2,133 m (6,998 ft). The river Chenab flows in close proximity to this location.^[2] Nathatop lies in District Udhampur of Jammu And Kashmir

History

After Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indian Airforce decided to alert its Srinagar Airforce by installing a Radar at an altitude of 2,897 m (9,505 ft) at Shankh Pal Mandir, however considering the sanctity of the site, the leader of location search party Wing Commander Natha Singh decided to change the coordinates and setup the Radar ATCR 2D at its current location in March 1970 named after him in 1995. Route Surveillance Radar was replaced by the ATCR-22 in 1981, followed by a Master T Radar in 2024. ^[3]