Pangong Tso

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Pangong Tso is a high-altitude, endorheic lake in the Himalayas, famed for its striking blue waters and location along the disputed border between India and China.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Pangong Tso canonical 6
Pangong Tso region 3
Pangong Lake region 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic lake
high-altitude lake
lake
accessFrom Leh
alsoKnownAs Pangong Lake
linked to: Pangong Tso

Pangong Tsho
linked to: Pangong Tso
basinType endorheic
borderFeatureOf Line of Actual Control
climate cold desert climate
elevation about 4250 metres above sea level
featuredIn Indian films
governedByOnChineseSide Tibet Autonomous Region authorities
governedByOnIndianSide Ladakh administration
hasCountryOnShore China
India
hasDisputedTerritory China
India
hasFrozenInWinter yes
hasMajorInflow glacial meltwater
hasNearbySettlement Lukung
Maan village
Spangmik
hasOutflow none
hasSectionName Finger area
hasWildlife bar-headed goose
brahminy duck
migratory birds
knownFor scenic beauty
strategic military importance
striking blue waters
tourism
length about 134 kilometres
locatedIn China
Himalayas
India
Ladakh
Tibet Autonomous Region
nameLanguage Tibetan
nameMeaning high grassland lake
partOf Indo-China border region
Trans-Himalayan region
linked to: Transhimalaya
region Union Territory of Ladakh
linked to: Ladakh
roadPassesVia Chang La pass
salinity brackish water
strategicFor India-China military deployments
tourismActivity bird watching
photography
sightseeing
width up to about 5 kilometres

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Referenced by (14)

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

Ladakh contains Pangong Tso
India–China border hasKeyRegion Pangong Tso area
linked to: Pangong Tso
Western sector (Ladakh, Aksai Chin) hasKeyArea Pangong Tso region
linked to: Pangong Tso
Durbuk locatedOnRouteTo Pangong Tso
Shyok Valley near Pangong Tso region
linked to: Pangong Tso
Tangtse locatedNear Pangong Tso
Tangtse locatedOnRouteBetween Pangong Tso region
linked to: Pangong Tso
Tangtse hasRoadConnectionTo Pangong Tso
Chang La connectsTo Pangong Lake region
linked to: Pangong Tso
Chang La accessRouteTo Pangong Tso
Chang La locatedNear Pangong Tso
Pangong Tso alsoKnownAs Pangong Lake
linked to: Pangong Tso
Pangong Tso alsoKnownAs Pangong Tsho
linked to: Pangong Tso
China National Highway 219 passesNear Pangong Lake region
linked to: Pangong Tso