Sirijap is an alluvial plain on the northern bank of Pangong Tso, which plays a role in the Sino-Indian border dispute in the Ladakh region.

India had established three posts in Sirijap prior to the Sino-Indian War in 1962. between April 1960 and October 1962.

Chinese forces defeated these posts on 21 October 1962 after encountering fierce resistance.

[1][2] After the war, a Line of Actual Control (LAC) has come into being, which in India's view, runs to the left of the Sirijap plain at a shore point called "Finger 8".

In May 2013, it was report that China had constructed a metal-top road in the area leading up to Finger 4.