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Tong Tso

Tong Tso or Dong Co is a plateau lake in Gêrzê County, . The name of lake means "Desolate Lake" in Standard Tibetan. The lake has a total area of about 87.7 square kilometers.
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: lake in Dongcuo, Gêrzê county, Ngari prefecture, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Dong Co”, “Dong Cuo”, “Dong Hu”, “Dongco Lake”, “Dongcuo”, “Dung tso”, and “Tung Co”

Tong Tso

Latitude
32.17331° or 32° 10′ 24″ north
Longitude
84.73681° or 84° 44′ 13″ east
Elevation
4,394 metres (14,416 feet)
Open location code
8M465PFP+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44007656
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
1281317
Wiki­data ID
Q7375533
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tibetan—“Tong Tso” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Dong Co”
  • Chinese: “dòng cuò”
  • Chinese: “洞错”
  • German: “Tung Co”
  • Panjabi: “ਟੋਂਗ ਸੋ ਝੀਲ”
  • Russian: “озеро Тунг-Цо”
  • Swedish: “Dong Co”
  • Tatar: “Тонг Тсо”
  • Tibetan: “Dong Co”
  • Tibetan: “དུང་མཚོ”
  • Tibetan: “སྟོང་མཚོ”

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