Dongkya or Dongkhya range is a mountain range in the Himalayas that forms the eastern border of Sikkim, a state of India. Its northern tip extends to Dongkha La. As it moves southwards, sometimes referred to as the Chola range, it is cut by Cho La, Yak La, Nathu La and Jelep La passes.
Dongkya range and Chola range S. K. Samanta explains in the Indian Journal of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies,
Political importance It was established as the border between Sikkim and Tibet's Chumbi Valley by the 1890 Convention of Calcutta reached between British India and Qing China. The Convention deemed the Dongkya Range to end at Mount Gipmochi at the southern end, which was defined as the trijunction between India, Tibet and Bhutan. However, the Doklam plateau at the southern end gives rise to complications and the present day border dispute between Bhutan and China.
Dongkya Range is politically important; however, S. G. Burrard, H. H. Hayden and A. Heron comment that while Dongkya Range is politically important, "from a Himalayan point of view too great a topographical emphasis was given to them upon maps".
Passes and peaks
Passes Dongkha La Cho La (Chola range) Yak La (Chola range) Nathu La (Chola range) Jelep La (Chola range)
Mountains Pauhunri (7,128 meters) Khangchengyao (6,889 meters) Gurudongmar (6,715 meters) Chugalung (5,759 meters) Dopendikang (5,359 meters)
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