Nathu La
Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibet, and the Indian states of Sikkim. The pass, at 4,310 m, connects the towns of Kalimpong and Gangtok to the villages and towns of the lower Chumbi Valley.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 4,517 metres
- Description: mountain pass between Sikkim and Tibet
- Also known as: “Na-tu Shan-k’ou”, “Nathu La pass”, “Nathu La 乃堆拉山口”, “Nathu-la”, “Nathu-La”, “Nathula pass”, “Natu”, “Natu pāreja”, “Natu-la”, “Natu-La”, “Ntula”, “Натула”, “Натху-Ла”, “Натхула”, “ნათუ ლა”, “درہ ناتھو لا”, “درہ نتھو لا”, “ناتھو لا”, “ناتھولا”, “ناثولا”, “نتھولا”, “नथु ला खिंड”, “नाथुला”, “नाथू ला”, “नाथू ला दर्रा”, “നാഥുലാ ചുരം”, and “乃堆拉”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Natula Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherathang.
Sherathang
Village
Sherathang is a town in Gangtok district near the Nathu La Pass in Sikkim, India.
Nathu La
- Categories: mountain pass, boundary point, and landform
- Location: Gangtok, East Sikkim, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
27.38683° or 27° 23′ 13″ north
Longitude
88.8309° or 88° 49′ 51″ east
Elevation
4,517 metres (14,820 feet)
Open location code
7MVC9RPJ+P9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nathu La” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ناتولا”
- Assamese: “নাথু-লা গিৰিপথ”
- Bengali: “নাথু গিরিবর্ত্ম”
- Bengali: “নাথু লা গিরিপথ”
- Bhojpuri: “नाथु ला”
- Cebuano: “Natu La”
- Chinese: “Nǎi duī lā”
- Chinese: “乃堆拉山口”
- Danish: “Nathu La”
- Dutch: “Nathu La”
- Esperanto: “Nathula”
- Finnish: “Nathu La”
- French: “Nathu La”
- Georgian: “ნათუ-ლა”
- German: “Nathu La”
- Hindi: “नाथूला दर्रा”
- Indonesian: “Nathu La”
- Italian: “Nathu La”
- Japanese: “ナトゥ・ラ峠”
- Kannada: “ನತು ಲಾ”
- Kannada: “ನಾಥು ಲಾ”
- Kashmiri: “نٲتھُ لا”
- Korean: “나투 라”
- Latvian: “Natula”
- Lithuanian: “Nathu La”
- Malayalam: “നാഥു ലാ ചുരം”
- Marathi: “नाथू ला खिंड”
- Nepali: “नाथुला भन्ज्याङ”
- Nepali: “नाथूला भञ्ज्याङ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nathu La”
- Norwegian: “Nathu La”
- Oriya: “ନାଥୂ ଲା”
- Panjabi: “ਨਾਥੂ ਲਾ”
- Polish: “Nathu La”
- Romanian: “Nathu La”
- Russian: “Нату-Ла”
- Spanish: “Nathu La”
- Swedish: “Natoi La”
- Tamil: “நாதூ லா கணவாய்”
- Telugu: “నాథు లా”
- Telugu: “నాథూ లా”
- Turkish: “Nathu La”
- Ukrainian: “Нату-Ла”
- Urdu: “نتھو لا”
- Vietnamese: “Nathu La”
- Welsh: “Nathu La”
- Western Panjabi: “ناتھو لا درہ”
- “नाथु ला”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: 雄乃 and 斜帕司.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: 乃堆拉国门拍照点 and Nathu La View Point.
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