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Nathu La
- Connects
- Sherathang – 斜帕司
- Tonight
- -5°CFair · Wind 11 km/h SW
Nathu La is a mountain pass at 4,296 m in People's Republic of China. It links Sherathang and 斜帕司.
All facts
- Saddle
- 4,296 m
- Lowest point
- 3,921 m / 4,028 m
Nathu La 3D map
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Nathu La topographic map
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.
Nathu La elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Nathu La downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Nathu La: the climb from each side
Crossed by: NH310, G562
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Nathu La weather
Today · Fair · -5 / 4°C (23 / 39°F) · Wind 11 km/h SW
Nathu La forecast for about 4,296 m.
- Today-5°4°–11 km/h SW
- Sun-4°5°–11 km/h SW
- Mon-2°6°–10 km/h SW
- Tue-1°8°–12 km/h SW
- Wed-1°7°–10 km/h SW
- Thu-1°2°30.2 mm4 km/h NE
- Fri-1°0°92.6 mm3 km/h NE
- Sat-2°2°43.5 mm5 km/h SE
- Sun-5°6°0.2 mm7 km/h SW
- Mon-6°6°0.3 mm6 km/h SW
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.
Camping & parking near Nathu La
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Nathu La, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.2 km SW
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 37.5% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,349 m low point 3,453 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 74 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Lassaba contaminata4
- Ruddy Shelduck3
- Diphtherocome pallida3
- Dysstroma albiangulata3
- Himalayan oxygraphis3
- Plain Mountain-Finch2
Where Nathu La sits
- Range
- Himalayas121
Nearby places
Cho La, SikkimPass · 4,500 m↑4.4 km NW
Lake Menmecho↑6.5 km SSE
Lake Tsongmo3,780 m↑6.7 km WSW
Chumbi Valley↑14 km NNE
GipmochiPeak · 4,427 m↑14 km SSE
More in the Himalayas 6
Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-13)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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)