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	The '''Dongkha la''' or '''Donkia Pass'''<ref name="White"/> (el. {{Convert\|18156.2\|ft\|disp=or\|abbr=on}})<ref name="Joshi">{{cite book \|title= Sikkim ; Past and Present \|last= Joshi \|first= H.G. \|date=15 October 2004\|publisher= Mittal Publications \|location= New Delhi, India \|isbn= 978-81-7099-932-4 \|page= 41 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L7gIVNzkN2YC&pg=PA41\|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref><ref name="Hooker">{{cite book \|title= Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc. \|last= Hooker \|first= Joseph Dalton \|author-link= Joseph Dalton Hooker \|date= 15 October 2008 \|publisher= Forgotten Books \|isbn= 978-1-60620-983-7 \|page= 637 \|url= http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|access-date= 2009-09-11 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215422/http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|archive-date= 7 March 2012 \|url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="Hooker2">{{cite book \|title= Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc. \|last= Hooker \|first= Joseph Dalton \|author-link= Joseph Dalton Hooker \|date= 15 October 2008 \|publisher= Forgotten Books \|isbn= 978-1-60620-983-7 \|page= 619 \|url= http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|access-date= 2009-09-11 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215422/http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|archive-date= 7 March 2012 \|url-status= dead }}</ref> is a high [[mountain pass]] in the [[Himalaya]] connecting [[Sikkim]] in [[India]] with [[Tibet]].		The '''Dongkha la''' or '''Donkia Pass'''({{CJKV\|c=东卡拉山口}})<ref name="White"/> (el. {{Convert\|18156.2\|ft\|disp=or\|abbr=on}})<ref name="Joshi">{{cite book \|title= Sikkim ; Past and Present \|last= Joshi \|first= H.G. \|date=15 October 2004\|publisher= Mittal Publications \|location= New Delhi, India \|isbn= 978-81-7099-932-4 \|page= 41 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L7gIVNzkN2YC&pg=PA41\|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref><ref name="Hooker">{{cite book \|title= Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc. \|last= Hooker \|first= Joseph Dalton \|author-link= Joseph Dalton Hooker \|date= 15 October 2008 \|publisher= Forgotten Books \|isbn= 978-1-60620-983-7 \|page= 637 \|url= http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|access-date= 2009-09-11 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215422/http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|archive-date= 7 March 2012 \|url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="Hooker2">{{cite book \|title= Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc. \|last= Hooker \|first= Joseph Dalton \|author-link= Joseph Dalton Hooker \|date= 15 October 2008 \|publisher= Forgotten Books \|isbn= 978-1-60620-983-7 \|page= 619 \|url= http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|access-date= 2009-09-11 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215422/http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 \|archive-date= 7 March 2012 \|url-status= dead }}</ref> is a high [[mountain pass]] in the [[Himalaya]] connecting [[Sikkim]] in [[India]] with [[Tibet]].

	[[File:Donkhia pass.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Painting by J D Hooker (1854)]]		[[File:Donkhia pass.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Painting by J D Hooker (1854)]]
	Located in [[North Sikkim]], the pass offers a view of the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. The nearby [[Tso Lhamo Lake]]<ref name="White">{{cite book \|title= Sikkim & Bhutan \|last= White \|first= J. Claude \|author2=White, J. Claude\|date=4 May 1996\|publisher= Asian Educational Services \|isbn= 978-81-206-1183-2 \|page= 89 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yOxI0aac7LEC&pg=PA89\|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref> {{Convert\|6.5\|km\|abbr=on}} is long and {{Convert\|2.5\|km\|abbr=on}} wide.<ref name="Krishnan">{{cite book \|title= Academic Dictionary of Tourism \|last= Krishnan \|first= J. K \|year=2005 \|publisher= Isha Books \|location= Delhi, India\|isbn= 978-81-8205-259-8 \|page= 89 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8H_ZiKEg7wC&pg=PA275 \|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref> and is the source of the [[Teesta River]]. [[Gurudongmar Lake]], some {{convert\|5\|km}} to west-northwest, also feeds the Teesta.		Located in [[North Sikkim]], the pass offers a view of the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. The nearby [[Tso Lhamo Lake]]<ref name="White">{{cite book \|title= Sikkim & Bhutan \|last= White \|first= J. Claude \|author2=White, J. Claude\|date=4 May 1996\|publisher= Asian Educational Services \|isbn= 978-81-206-1183-2 \|page= 89 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yOxI0aac7LEC&pg=PA89\|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref> {{Convert\|6.5\|km\|abbr=on}} is long and {{Convert\|2.5\|km\|abbr=on}} wide,<ref name="Krishnan">{{cite book \|title= Academic Dictionary of Tourism \|last= Krishnan \|first= J. K \|year=2005 \|publisher= Isha Books \|location= Delhi, India\|isbn= 978-81-8205-259-8 \|page= 89 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8H_ZiKEg7wC&pg=PA275 \|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref> and is the source of the [[Teesta River]]. [[Gurudongmar Lake]], some {{convert\|5\|km}} to west-northwest, also feeds the Teesta.

	The first observer to record the pass in western literature was botanist [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]], who crossed the pass on 7{{nbsp}}September 1849.		The first observer to record the pass in western literature was botanist [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]], who crossed the pass on 7{{nbsp}}September 1849.

	{{chinese		{{chinese
	\|s=~~冻嘎拉山口~~		\|s=东卡拉山口
	\|t=~~凍嘎拉山口~~		\|t=東卡拉山口
	\|p=dònggālā shānkǒu		\|p=dònggālā shānkǒu
	}}		}}
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{{short description|Mountain pass in the Himalaya}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Dongkha la
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_ft = 18156.2
| elevation_ref =
| traversed =
| location = [[Sikkim]], [[India]]<br>[[Tibet]]
| range = [[Himalaya]]
| coordinates =
| topo =
| map = India Sikkim#India
}}

The '''Dongkha la''' or '''Donkia Pass'''<ref name="White"/> (el. {{Convert|18156.2|ft|disp=or|abbr=on}})<ref name="Joshi">{{cite book |title= Sikkim ; Past and Present |last= Joshi |first= H.G. |date=15 October 2004|publisher= Mittal Publications |location= New Delhi, India |isbn= 978-81-7099-932-4 |page= 41 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L7gIVNzkN2YC&pg=PA41|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref><ref name="Hooker">{{cite book |title= Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc. |last= Hooker |first= Joseph Dalton |author-link= Joseph Dalton Hooker |date= 15 October 2008 |publisher= Forgotten Books |isbn= 978-1-60620-983-7 |page= 637 |url= http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 |access-date= 2009-09-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215422/http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 |archive-date= 7 March 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="Hooker2">{{cite book |title= Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist: In Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, Etc. |last= Hooker |first= Joseph Dalton |author-link= Joseph Dalton Hooker |date= 15 October 2008 |publisher= Forgotten Books |isbn= 978-1-60620-983-7 |page= 619 |url= http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 |access-date= 2009-09-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215422/http://www.forgottenbooks.org/info/9781606209837 |archive-date= 7 March 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> is a high [[mountain pass]] in the [[Himalaya]] connecting [[Sikkim]] in [[India]] with [[Tibet]].

[[File:Donkhia pass.jpg|thumb|left|Painting by J D Hooker (1854)]]
Located in [[North Sikkim]], the pass offers a view of the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. The nearby [[Tso Lhamo Lake]]<ref name="White">{{cite book |title= Sikkim & Bhutan |last= White |first= J. Claude |author2=White, J. Claude|date=4 May 1996|publisher= Asian Educational Services |isbn= 978-81-206-1183-2 |page= 89 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yOxI0aac7LEC&pg=PA89|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref> {{Convert|6.5|km|abbr=on}} is long and {{Convert|2.5|km|abbr=on}} wide.<ref name="Krishnan">{{cite book |title= Academic Dictionary of Tourism |last= Krishnan |first= J. K |year=2005 |publisher= Isha Books |location= Delhi, India|isbn= 978-81-8205-259-8 |page= 89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8H_ZiKEg7wC&pg=PA275 |access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref> and is the source of the [[Teesta River]]. [[Gurudongmar Lake]], some {{convert|5|km}} to west-northwest, also feeds the Teesta.

The first observer to record the pass in western literature was botanist [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]], who crossed the pass on 7{{nbsp}}September 1849.

{{chinese
|s=冻嘎拉山口
|t=凍嘎拉山口
|p=dònggālā shānkǒu
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040223013559/http://www.sikkiminfo.net/mountain_passes.htm Mountain passes of Sikkim]

{{Mountain passes of China}}
{{Mountain passes of India}}

{{coord|27|59|15|N|88|46|02|E|type:mountain_source:kolossus-ptwiki|display=title}}

[[Category:Mountain passes of Sikkim]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of Tibet]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Himalayas]]
[[Category:China–India border crossings]]
[[Category:North Sikkim district]]

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