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Lipulekh Pass

Coordinates: 30°14′03″N 81°01′44″E / 30.234080°N 81.028805°E / 30.234080; 81.028805
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Lipu-Lekh Pass
Lipu-Lekh Pass is located in Uttarakhand
Lipu-Lekh Pass
Elevation16,780 ft (5,115 m)[1]
LocationBorder between Pithoragarh district, India and Tibet, China[2]
RangeHimalayas
Coordinates30°14′03″N 81°01′44″E / 30.234080°N 81.028805°E / 30.234080; 81.028805
Lipulekh Pass
Simplified Chinese里普列克山口
Traditional Chinese里普列克山口
Transcriptions
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8km
5miles
TIBET
(CHINA)
Tibet
NEPAL
Nepal
KUMAON
(INDIA)
Kumaon
Tinkar Khola
Tinkar
Khola
Kalapani River
Kalapani
River
Kalapani River
Tinkar
Tinkar
Changru
Changru
Tinkar Pass
Tinkar
Pass
Om Parvat
Om Parvat
P. 6172
P. 6172
Gunji
Gunji
Gunji
Burang
Burang
Burang
Kalapani village
Kalapani
village
Lipulekh Pass
Lipulekh
Pass
The vicinity of the Lipulekh Pass

Lipulekh is a Himalayan pass in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand India.[2] The pass is near the Chinese trading town of Taklakot (Purang) in Tibet and used since ancient times by traders, mendicants and pilgrims transiting between Nepal and Tibet. It is also used by pilgrims to Kailas and Manasarovar. It is reached by the Pithoragagh-Lipulekh Pass Highway (PLPH), and a spur from Nabidhang runs along a glaciated river to Om Parvat.

Tourism

The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, a Hinduism pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, traverses this pass. Lipulekh pass is connected to Chang Lobochahela, near the old trading town of Purang (Taklakot), in Tibet.

See also

References

  1. ^ Walton, Almora District Gazetteer (1911), p. 229.
  2. ^ a b Ling, L.H.M.; Abdenur, Adriana Erthal; Banerjee, Payal (19 September 2016). India China: Rethinking Borders and Security. University of Michigan Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-0-472-13006-1.

Bibliography

  • Walton, H. G., ed. (1911), Almora: A Gazetteer, District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, vol. 35, Government Press, United Provinces – via archive.org
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