Bum La Pass
The Bum La Pass is a border pass between China's Tsona County in Tibet and India's Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh. It is 37 km away from the town of Tawang in India's Tawang district and 43 km from the town of Tsona Dzong in China's Tsona County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 4,501 metres
- Description: Border pass between Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet
- Also known as: “Bangla”, “Bom La”, “Bum La”, “Mila Katong Pass”, and “Pu-mu Shan-k’ou”
Bum La Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.72328° or 27° 43′ 24″ northLongitude
91.89158° or 91° 53′ 30″ eastElevation
4,501 metres (14,767 feet)Open location code
7MVHPVFR+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 6150671913OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tibetan—“Bum La Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bom La”
- Chinese: “Bāng lā shānkǒu”
- Chinese: “棒山口”
- Chinese: “棒拉”
- Chinese: “棒拉山口”
- Chinese: “邦拉山口”
- German: “Bum La Pass”
- Hindi: “बम ला पास”
- Hindi: “बुम ला”
- Indonesian: “Jalur Bum La”
- Japanese: “ブンラ峠”
- Panjabi: “ਬੁਮਲਾ ਪਾਸ”
- Swedish: “Bom La”
- Tamil: “பூம் லா கணவாய்”
- Telugu: “బుమ్ లా కనుమ”
- Tibetan: “སྦོམ་ལ”
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