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Dongkha La Pass

5,482 m17,986 ft

Tonight: -14°CClear · Wind 25 km/h S

Dongkha La Pass is a mountain pass at 5,482 m in People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 5,482 m
Lowest point: 5,093 m / 5,095 m

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Pass

Dongkha La Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: a mapped road, a mapped trail

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Dongkha La Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Dongkha La Pass terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Dongkha La Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Dongkha La Pass weather

Today · Clear · -14 / -6°C (7 / 21°F) · Wind 25 km/h S

Dongkha La Pass forecast for about 5,482 m.

Today-14°-6°–25 km/h S
Sun-14°-6°–21 km/h S
Mon-14°-5°–23 km/h S
Tue-12°-5°–20 km/h S
Wed-13°-3°0.2 mm12 km/h S
Thu-7°-5°19.9 mm10 km/h S
Fri-5°-5°46.2 mm23 km/h S
Sat-7°-3°12.1 mm21 km/h SW
Sun-11°-5°–14 km/h S
Mon-12°-4°–14 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

46.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.2%

Steep, 30–45°

18.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.5%

Steeper than 30°: 23.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,470 m low point 4,923 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 45.0%Moss & lichen 30.7%Grassland 12.2%Snow & ice 8.3%Water 3.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Dongkha La Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Yumthang Valley18 km SSW

Dongkha La Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGDongkha La Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-30.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia