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Nathu La is a mountain pass on the Dongkya Range that separates Sikkim and the Chumbi Valley at an elevation of 14,250 feet (4,340 m). [19] [b] The pass is 52–54 kilometres (32–34 mi) east of Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, [21] [20] and 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Yatung Shasima, the headquarters of the Yadong County (or the Chumbi Valley ...
The America the Beautiful Pass (also known as the Interagency Pass) series comprises annual or lifetime passes that grant the holder entrance to more than 2,000 federally protected areas including national parks, national monuments, and other protected areas managed by six federal agencies: the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land ...
The name Nathu literally means "listening ears", and La means "Pass" in Tibetan. It can also spelled Ntula, Natu La, Nathula, or Natula. Nathu La is one of the three trading border posts shared between China and India. Closed after the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the pass was re-opened in 2006 following numerous bilateral trade agreements. The ...
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Donner Pass (pass of the Donner Party and Lincoln Highway) Donner Summit (Euer Saddle, pass of Interstate 80) Ebbetts Pass; Echo Summit (Johnson's Pass, pass of U.S. Route 50) Emigrant Pass (at least 2, one in Tahoe National Forest, another near Mt. Lassen) Forester Pass; Fredonyer Pass; Glen Pass; Henness Pass; Luther Pass; Monitor Pass; Muir ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park: New Mexico: $15 per-person 3-day pass Chaco Culture National Historical Park: New Mexico: $25 per-vehicle Valles Caldera National Preserve: New Mexico: $25 per-vehicle fees currently waived White Sands National Park: New Mexico: $25 per-vehicle Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: New York: $20
Trade between India and Tibet flourished through the Nathula and Jelepla passes, benefiting Gangtok. Trade declined with the Chinese crackdown in Tibet in 1959 and the passes were sealed after the Sino-Indian War in 1962. [10] [11] The Nathula pass was finally opened to limited trade in 2006, fuelling hopes of economic boom. [12]
The Yumthang Valley or Sikkim Valley of Flowers sanctuary, is a nature sanctuary with river, hot springs, yaks and grazing pasture on rolling meadows surrounded by the Himalayan mountains in Yumthang in the Mangan district of Sikkim state in India.