Nangpa La
Nangpa La is a high mountain pass crossing the Himalayas and the Nepal-Tibet Autonomous Region border a few kilometres west of Cho Oyu and some 30 km northwest of Mount Everest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 5,717 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Lan-ko-pa Shan-k’ou”, “Nang-pu-la Shan-k’ou”, “Nāngba Pass”, “Nangpa Pass”, and “Nanpa Bhanjyan”
Nangpa La
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Nangpa La” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nangpa La”
- Chinese: “囊帕拉”
- Chinese: “囊帕拉山口”
- Chinese: “朗喀巴”
- Chinese: “朗喀巴山口”
- Czech: “Nangpa La”
- Dutch: “Nangpa La”
- French: “Nangpa La”
- German: “Nangpa La”
- Hindi: “नांगपा ला”
- Italian: “Nangpa La”
- Japanese: “ナンパ・ラ”
- Nepali: “Nāṅpā Bhan̄jyaṅ”
- Nepali: “नाङ्पा ला”
- Portuguese: “Nangpa La”
- Russian: “Нангпа-Ла”
- Swedish: “Nangpa La”
- Ukrainian: “Нангпа Ла”
- Vietnamese: “Nangpa La”
- Western Panjabi: “نانگپا لا درہ”
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