Dongkhala
Dongkha La
Mountain pass in the Himalaya
The Dongkha la or Donkia Pass(Chinese: 东卡拉山口)[1] (el. 18,156.2 ft or 5,534.0 m)[2][3][4] is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya connecting Sikkim in India with Tibet.
Located in North Sikkim, the pass offers a view of the Tibetan Plateau. The nearby Tso Lhamo Lake[1] 6.5 km (4.0 mi) is long and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) wide,[5] and is the source of the Teesta River. Gurudongmar Lake, some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 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 September 1849.