Thrumshing La

Thrumshing La
View of the road at Thrumshing La
Elevation3,780 m (12,402 ft)
LocationUra Gewog, Bumthang District; Saling Gewog, Mongar District, Bhutan
RangeDonga range
Coordinates27°24′06″N 90°59′47″E / 27.40167°N 90.99639°E / 27.40167; 90.99639
Thrumshing La is located in Bhutan
Thrumshing La
Location of Thrumshing La within Thrumshingla National Park, Bhutan
Thrumshing La is located in Bhutan
Thrumshing La
Thrumshing La on the Lateral Road

Thrumshing La, also called Thrumshingla Pass and Donga Pass, (Dzongkha: ཁྲུམས་ཤིང་ལ་; Wylie: khrums-shing la; "Thrumshing Pass"), is the second-highest mountain pass in Bhutan,[1] connecting its central and eastern regions across the otherwise impregnable Donga range that has separated populations for centuries.[2][3][4] It is located on a bend of the Lateral Road at the border of Bumthang District (Ura Gewog, leaving Ura southbound) and Mongar District (Saling Gewog, toward Sengor), along the border with Lhuntse District to the east. The Lateral Road bisects Thrumshingla National Park, named after the pass.[5] The World Wildlife Fund also maintains operations in the park.[6]

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  5. ^ "Parks of Bhutan". Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  6. ^ "Forest protection in Thrumshingla National Park, Bhutan". WWF. Retrieved 2011-04-02.