Chang La

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Chang La is a high-altitude mountain pass in the Indian Himalayas, known as one of the world’s highest motorable roads and a key route toward the Pangong Lake region in Ladakh.

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Chang La canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-altitude pass ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
accessRouteTo Pangong Tso ⓘ
administrativeTerritory Union Territory of Ladakh ⓘ
linked to: Ladakh
approachRoadFrom Leh ⓘ
approxDistanceFromLeh about 75 kilometres by road ⓘ
bestTimeToVisit summer months ⓘ
climate cold desert climate ⓘ
connectsTo Pangong Lake region ⓘ
linked to: Pangong Tso
controlledBy Indian authorities ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceFrom Leh ⓘ
elevation about 17590 feet above sea level ⓘ
about 5360 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasCheckpost Indian Army checkpost ⓘ
hasSignboard altitude marker signboard at the top ⓘ
hazard risk of altitude sickness ⓘ
knownFor being one of the world’s highest motorable roads ⓘ
high altitude ⓘ
scenic views ⓘ
languageOfToponym Tibetic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: Himalayas

Ladakh ⓘ
Trans-Himalayan region of northern India ⓘ
locatedNear Pangong Tso ⓘ
mountainRange Himalayas ⓘ
nearbySettlement Sakti village ⓘ
Tangtse ⓘ
partOfRoute Leh–Pangong Lake road ⓘ
photogenicFeature prayer flags at the pass ⓘ
previousAdministrativeTerritory Jammu and Kashmir (before 2019 reorganization) ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir
roadAccessibility may be temporarily closed in heavy snowfall ⓘ
roadCondition generally paved but can be rough in sections ⓘ
roadType motorable road ⓘ
roadUsedBy Indian Army ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
safetyAdvice acclimatize in Leh before crossing ⓘ
avoid long stops at the pass due to low oxygen ⓘ
snowCoverage often snowbound in winter ⓘ
strategicImportance access route towards India–China border areas in eastern Ladakh ⓘ
surface asphalt and gravel sections ⓘ
tourismActivity high-altitude sightseeing ⓘ
photography ⓘ
road trips ⓘ
typicalConditions low temperatures ⓘ
snowfall in winter ⓘ
thin air ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ladakh → hasMajorPass → Chang La ⓘ
Ladakh Range → passesInclude → Chang La ⓘ
Wari La → locatedNear → Chang La ⓘ