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The Dongkha la or Donkia Pass(Template:CJKV)[1] (el. Template:Convert)[2][3][4] is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya connecting Sikkim in India with Tibet.
Located in North Sikkim, the pass offers a view of the Tibetan Plateau. The nearby Tso Lhamo Lake[1] Template:Convert is long and Template:Convert wide,[5] and is the source of the Teesta River. Gurudongmar Lake, some Template:Convert 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 7Template:NbspSeptember 1849.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sikkim & Bhutan{{#if:White|, White}. Asian Educational Services(4 May 1996). ISBN 978-81-206-1183-2
- ↑ Sikkim ; Past and Present{{#if:Joshi|, Joshi}. Mittal Publications(15 October 2004). ISBN 978-81-7099-932-4
- ↑ Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc.{{#if:Hooker|, Hooker}. Forgotten Books(15 October 2008). ISBN 978-1-60620-983-7
- ↑ Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc.{{#if:Hooker|, Hooker}. Forgotten Books(15 October 2008). ISBN 978-1-60620-983-7
- ↑ Academic Dictionary of Tourism{{#if:Krishnan|, Krishnan}. Isha Books(2005). ISBN 978-81-8205-259-8
External links
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