Talk:Dongkha La

Elevation

I've not been able to find an authoritative source for elevation. Sir J. D. Hooker's journal gives three elevations measured by barometric pressure at 18,589, 18,387 (page 637) and 18,466 feet and boiling pressure gave 17,866 (page 619).

From other literature, 18,466 has been cited, so I've used an approximation of 18,000 to show that elevation should be checked.

The original 12,000ft/3060m has probably come from this source:

At 3,059 m mountain sickness sets in,...

But said source does not give other numbers for elevation.

Then Sikkim: Past and Present gives 18,100 feet. Cheers, --Rayshade (talk) 21:48, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Classification

Confirm as stub class, low importance. --Rayshade (talk) 21:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

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• Gupta, Om. Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House, 2006. ISBN 8182053897, 9788182053892.

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Two different passes

According to this Chinese map, there are two different passes with similar names that are very close to each other:

• 冻嘎拉山口 - Chinese side
• 东格亚拉 - India side

Maybe there is some lost in translation stuff here, since both are translating from Tibetan. --Voidvector (talk) 05:12, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Also this path is not on this map. The nearest path on that map is Khongjakma" or "khungyami La". --Voidvector (talk) 06:08, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

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