Tanggula Pass

Tanggula Pass
Compass direction	North	south
Pass height	5231  m
region	Qinghai Province	Tibet Autonomous Region
expansion	Lhasa Railway , China National Highway 109
Mountains	Tanggula Mountains
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Coordinates	33 ° 0 '19 "  N , 91 ° 38' 57"  E Coordinates: 33 ° 0 '19 "  N , 91 ° 38' 57"  E

The Tanggula Pass (officially also: Dang La ; Tibetan : གདང་ ལ་ , Wylie : gdang la ; Chinese  唐古拉山 口 , Pinyin Tánggǔlā shānkǒu ) is a mountain range in the highlands of Tibet that rises to an altitude of 5220  m above sea level . On August 24, 2005 the tracks of the of were here Golmud to Lhasa runs Qinghai-Tibet Railway put, it is the location, the highest railway in the world. It exceeds the highest Peruvian railway line by 255 m. Tangula station, at an altitude of 5068  m , has two platforms, but it is not possible to get on and off.

Between 1912 and 1950 the pass and the mountain range of the same name formed the northern and northeastern border of the immediate sphere of influence of the Tibetan administration ruling in Lhasa.

The road connection National Road 109 overcomes the Tanggula Mountains about 29 kilometers southeast of here, at (32,877 N; 91,916 E) , at an altitude of 5240  m .

climate

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Tanggula Pass Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −7 −5 −1 5 8th 11 13 13 11 3 −2 −6 O 3.6 Min. Temperature (° C) −24 −24 −18 −12 −6 0 2 1 −1 −10 −19 −24 O −11.2 Temperature (° C) −15.5 −14.5 −9.5 −3.5 1.0 5.5 7.5 7.0 5.0 −3.5 −11.5 −15.0 O −3.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 1 2 3 7th 22nd 45 73 65 41 8th 1 1 Σ 269 Source: missing

See also

• Tangula train station