Tanggula Pass

The Tanggu La, Tangla Pass, or Tanggu Pass is a wide mountain pass in Southwest China over 5,000 meters in elevation, used by both the Qinghai–Tibet Highway and Qinghai–Tibet Railway to cross the .
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  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 5,116 metres
  • Description: mountain pass between Qinghai and Tibet
  • Also known as: “Passe de Tanggula”, “T’ang-ku-la Shan-k’ou”, “T’ang’la Shan-k’ou”, “Tang La”, “Tang Pass”, “Tang-la-ngo”, “Tanggu La”, “Tanggu Pass”, “Tanggula”, “Tanggula Shankou”, “Tangla Pass”, “Tangula”, “Thang-la”, “Thanglango”, “Највиша железничка станица у свету”, “ཐང་ཀུ་ལ”, “མཁལ་དམར་མཁལ་སྔོན་ལ”, “タングラ山口”, “タンラ峠”, and “唐古拉峠”

Tanggula Pass

Latitude
32.88262° or 32° 52′ 57″ north
Longitude
91.91843° or 91° 55′ 6″ east
Elevation
5,116 metres (16,785 feet)
Open location code
8M4HVWM9+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7345159997
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
1279923
Wiki­data ID
Q2166365
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Tanggula Pass” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Pas de Tanggula”
  • Cebuano: “Tanggula Shankou”
  • Chinese: “Tánggǔlā Shānkǒu”
  • Chinese: “唐古拉山口”
  • Chinese: “当拉”
  • Czech: “průsmyk Tangla”
  • French: “Col de Tanggula”
  • German: “Tanggula-Pass”
  • Indonesian: “Tanggula Shankou”
  • Italian: “colle di Tanggula”
  • Japanese: “タングラ峠”
  • Russian: “Танг-Ла”
  • Serbian: “Najviša železnička stanica na svetu”
  • Serbian: “Железничка станица Тангула”
  • Serbian: “Највиша железничка станица на свету”
  • Serbian: “Тангула”
  • Slovenian: “Prelaz Tanggula”
  • Swedish: “Tanggula Shankou”
  • Tibetan: “Dang La”
  • Tibetan: “གདང་ལ”
  • Turkish: “Tanggula geçidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Тангла”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: 唐古拉山口 and 牧民.

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Highlights: 唐古拉山口 and 尺埃错.

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