Tanggula-Pass

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The Tanggula Pass ( officially also: Dang La, Tibetan: གདངས་ལ་, Wylie: la gdangs ;唐古拉山 口Chinese, Pinyin Tánggǔlā shānkǒu ) is a mountain pass in the highlands of Tibet, which rises to a height of 5220 m above sea level. On 24 August 2005, the tracks of the running from Golmud to Lhasa railway were laid here, it is the highest altitude railway in the world. It exceeds the highest Peruvian railway line to 255 m.

Between 1912 and 1950, the passport and the same mountain range formed the northern and northeastern boundary of the direct influence of the ruling in Lhasa Tibetan Administration.

The road connecting National Highway 109 overcomes the Tanggula Mountains about 29 kilometers south-east of here, at ( 32 877 N; 91 916 O) 32.87695591.9160245240, at an altitude of 5240 m.

Climate

• Mountain pass
• Pass in Tibet