Kongka Pass
Mountain pass in India and China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kongka Pass or Kongka La (Tibetan: དགུན་ཁ་ལ, Wylie: dgun kha la, THL: gün kha la[2]) is a low mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between India and China in eastern Ladakh. It lies on a spur of the Karakoram range that intrudes into the Chang Chenmo Valley adjacent to the disputed Aksai Chin region. China claimed the location as its border in a 1956 map, and attacked an Indian patrol party in 1959 killing ten policemen and apprehending ten others. Known as the Kongka Pass incident, the event was a milestone in the escalation of the border dispute between the two countries.[3]
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Standard Tibetan: དགུན་ཁ་ལ | |
Elevation | 5,171 m (16,965 ft)[1] |
Location | India–China border |
Range | Karakoram |
Coordinates | 34°20′06″N 79°02′07″E |
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Traditional Chinese | 空喀山口 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 空喀山口 | ||||||
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