Mayum La

Mayum La
G219 at Mayum La
Elevation5,211 m (17,096 ft)
Traversed by G219
LocationBurang, Ngari, Tibet, China
RangeGangdise Shan, Transhimalaya, Tibetan Plateau
Coordinates30°36′53″N 82°25′38″E / 30.6147°N 82.4271°E / 30.6147; 82.4271
Mayum La
Tibetan name
Tibetan མ་ཡུམ་ལ
Transcriptions
Wyliema yum la
THLma yum la
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese马攸木拉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎyōumù lā

Mayum La (Chinese: 马攸木拉达坂), also known as Mariám La, is a mountain pass to the east of Lake Manasarovar. It separates the drainage divide of the Dangque Zangbo, which is a headwater of Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra), and Langqen Zangbo (Sutlej River) in Tibet.

References

  1. ^ Thomas Hungerford Holdich, Tibet, the Mysterious, Asian Educational Services, 1996 - Tibet Autonomous Region (China), p.233, accessed at Google Books 2014-09-21

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