Bum La
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 4,500 metres
- Description: Border pass between Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet
- Also known as: “Bum La Pass”
Bum La
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.7233° or 27° 43′ 24″ northLongitude
91.8916° or 91° 53′ 30″ eastElevation
4,500 metres (14,764 feet)Open location code
7MVHPVFR+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 6150671913OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q16849017
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Telugu—“Bum La” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Bāng lā shānkǒu”
- Chinese: “棒山口”
- Chinese: “棒拉山口”
- Chinese: “邦拉山口”
- Hindi: “बम ला पास”
- Hindi: “बुम ला”
- Indonesian: “Jalur Bum La”
- Japanese: “ブンラ峠”
- Panjabi: “ਬੁਮਲਾ ਪਾਸ”
- Tamil: “பூம் லா கணவாய்”
- Telugu: “బుమ్ లా కనుమ”
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