Pass · Tibet Autonomous Region

Tulung La

5,231 m17,162 ft

Tonight: -7°CClear · Wind 24 km/h SW

Tulung La is a mountain pass at 5,231 m in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 5,231 m
Lowest point: 4,885 m / 5,118 m

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Pass

Tulung La: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

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

3D map

Tulung La 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tulung La terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tulung La elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tulung La weather

Today · Clear · -7 / -1°C (19 / 30°F) · Wind 24 km/h SW

Tulung La forecast for about 5,231 m.

Today-7°-1°–24 km/h SW
Sun-7°1°–26 km/h SW
Mon-7°0°–24 km/h SW
Tue-7°1°–22 km/h SW
Wed-6°2°–20 km/h SW
Thu-5°1°4.5 mm19 km/h SW
Fri-3°-2°11.9 mm18 km/h S
Sat-5°-3°9.5 mm18 km/h S
Sun-9°-2°–7 km/h S
Mon-10°-2°–13 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 24, 01:17 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°

23.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.9%

Steep, 30–45°

29.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.7%

Steeper than 30°: 32.9% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,530 m low point 4,606 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 65.1%Snow & ice 17.6%Moss & lichen 13.3%Grassland 2.8%Water 1.3%

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

Where it sits

Where Tulung La sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Yamdrok Lake4,440 m192 km NW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGTulung La satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-12-18.

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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 2025 (scene 2025-12-18)
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)
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