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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: $udeep Bajpai, CC BY 2.0.
- 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”, “Nathula”, “Nathula pass”, and “Natu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 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. The location has been identified as the site for excise, customs and checking for trade between India and China.
Nathu La
- Categories: mountain pass, boundary point, and landform
- Location: Gangtok, East Sikkim, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.38683° or 27° 23′ 13″ northLongitude
88.8309° or 88° 49′ 51″ eastElevation
4,517 metres (14,820 feet)Open location code
7MVC9RPJ+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3179568394OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nathu La” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ناتولا”
- Arabic: “ناثولا”
- 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”
- Chinese: “乃堆拉山口”
- Danish: “Nathu La”
- Dutch: “Nathu La”
- Dutch: “Nathula”
- Esperanto: “Nathula”
- Finnish: “Nathu La”
- French: “Nathu La”
- French: “Nathula”
- Georgian: “ნათუ ლა”
- Georgian: “ნათუ-ლა”
- German: “Nathu La”
- German: “Nathu-La”
- Hindi: “नाथुला”
- Hindi: “नाथू ला दर्रा”
- Hindi: “नाथू ला”
- 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: “Natu La”
- Latvian: “Natu pāreja”
- Latvian: “Natu-La”
- Latvian: “Natula”
- Latvian: “Ntula”
- Lithuanian: “Nathu La”
- Malayalam: “Nathu La pass”
- Malayalam: “നാഥു ലാ ചുരം”
- Malayalam: “നാഥുലാ ചുരം”
- Marathi: “नथु ला खिंड”
- Marathi: “नाथू ला खिंड”
- Nepali: “नाथुला भन्ज्याङ”
- Nepali: “नाथूला भञ्ज्याङ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nathu La”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nathula”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Natula”
- Norwegian: “Nathu La”
- Oriya: “ନାଥୂ ଲା”
- Panjabi: “ਨਾਥੂ ਲਾ”
- Polish: “Nathu La”
- Polish: “Nathula”
- Romanian: “Nathu La”
- Russian: “Нату-Ла”
- Russian: “Натула”
- Russian: “Натху-Ла”
- Russian: “Натхула”
- Spanish: “Nathu La”
- Swedish: “Natoi La”
- Tamil: “நாதூ லா கணவாய்”
- Telugu: “నాథు లా”
- Telugu: “నాథూ లా”
- Turkish: “Nathu La”
- Ukrainian: “Нату-Ла”
- Ukrainian: “Натула”
- Ukrainian: “Натху-Ла”
- Urdu: “درہ ناتھو لا”
- Urdu: “درہ نتھو لا”
- Urdu: “ناتھو لا”
- Urdu: “ناتھولا”
- Urdu: “نتھو لا”
- Urdu: “نتھولا”
- Vietnamese: “Nathu La”
- Welsh: “Nathu La”
- Welsh: “Nathu-la”
- Welsh: “Natu La”
- Welsh: “Natu-la”
- Western Panjabi: “ناتھو لا درہ”
- “नाथु ला”
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Notable Places Nearby
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