Английская Википедия:Dongkha La

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox mountain pass

The Dongkha la or Donkia Pass(Шаблон:CJKV)[1] (el. Шаблон:Convert)[2][3][4] is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya connecting Sikkim in India with Tibet.

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Painting by J D Hooker (1854)

Located in North Sikkim, the pass offers a view of the Tibetan Plateau. The nearby Tso Lhamo Lake[1] Шаблон:Convert is long and Шаблон:Convert wide,[5] and is the source of the Teesta River. Gurudongmar Lake, some Шаблон:Convert to west-northwest, also feeds the Teesta.

The first observer to record the pass in western literature was botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, who crossed the pass on 7Шаблон:NbspSeptember 1849.

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Шаблон:Mountain passes of China Шаблон:Mountain passes of India

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