Mountain pass in the Himalaya
The Dongkha la or Donkia Pass (
Chinese : 东卡拉山口 )
[1] (el. 18,156.2 ft or 5,534.0 m)
[2]
[3]
[4] is a high
mountain pass in the
Himalaya connecting
Sikkim in
India with
Tibet .
Painting by J D Hooker (1854)
Located in
North Sikkim , the pass offers a view of the
Tibetan Plateau . The nearby
Tso Lhamo Lake
[1] 6.5 km (4.0 mi) is long and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) wide,
[5] and is the source of the
Teesta River .
Gurudongmar Lake , some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to west-northwest, also feeds the Teesta.
The first observer to record the pass in western literature was botanist
Joseph Dalton Hooker , who crossed the pass on 7 September 1849.
References
^
a
b White, J. Claude; White, J. Claude (4 May 1996).
Sikkim & Bhutan . Asian Educational Services. p. 89.
ISBN
978-81-206-1183-2 . Retrieved 11 September 2009 .
^ Joshi, H.G. (15 October 2004).
Sikkim ; Past and Present . New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. p. 41.
ISBN
978-81-7099-932-4 . Retrieved 11 September 2009 .
^
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (15 October 2008).
Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc . Forgotten Books. p. 637.
ISBN
978-1-60620-983-7 . Archived from
the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2009 .
^
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (15 October 2008).
Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc . Forgotten Books. p. 619.
ISBN
978-1-60620-983-7 . Archived from
the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2009 .
^ Krishnan, J. K (2005).
Academic Dictionary of Tourism . Delhi, India: Isha Books. p. 89.
ISBN
978-81-8205-259-8 . Retrieved 11 September 2009 .
External links
On the border
In the interior
Rail
Mountain Railways Rail Mountain Pass
Road