Lipulekh Pass
The Lipulekh Pass or Qiang La is a Himalayan pass on the border between Uttarakhand, India and the Tibet region of China, near their trijunction with Nepal.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 5,084 metres
- Description: Mountain pass on the India–China border
- Also known as: “Li-p’u-lieh-k’o Shan-k’ou”, “Lipu Pass”, “Lipu-lak-la”, “Lipu-Lekh Pass”, “Lipulek La”, “लिपुलेक”, “लिपुलेख दर्रा”, “リプレク峠”, “リプレケー峠”, and “强拉/里普列克山口 लिपुलेक भञ्ज्याङ”
Lipulekh Pass
- Categories: mountain pass, border checkpoint, and landform
- Location: Dharchula, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.23287° or 30° 13′ 58″ north
Longitude
81.02858° or 81° 1′ 43″ east
Elevation
5,084 metres (16,680 feet)
Open location code
8M2362MH+4C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Lipulekh Pass” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “লিপুলেখ গিরিপথ”
- Cebuano: “Lipu Lekh Pass”
- Chinese: “Lǐ pǔ liè kè shānkǒu”
- Chinese: “里普列克山口”
- German: “Lipulekh-Pass”
- Gujarati: “લિપુલેખ ઘાટ”
- Hindi: “लिपुलेख ला”
- Indonesian: “Jalur Lipulekh”
- Japanese: “リプケーシュ峠”
- Kannada: “ಓಂ ಪರ್ವತ”
- Nepali: “लिपुलेक भञ्ज्याङ”
- Panjabi: “ਲਿਪੁਲੇਖ ਦਰਾ”
- Russian: “Липулех”
- Swedish: “Qang La”
- Tamil: “லிபுலேக்”
- Telugu: “లిపులేఖ్ కనుమ”
- Western Panjabi: “لیپولیکھ درہ”
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Places to explore: 嘎半惹 and Nabhidang Camp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kailash Parvat Darshan Viewpoint and Tara Glacier.
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