Dongkha La

The Dongkha la or Donkia Pass (el. 18156.2 ft)  is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya connecting Sikkim in India with Tibet.

Located in North Sikkim, the pass offers a view of the Tibetan Plateau. The nearby Tso Lhamo Lake 6.5 km is long and 2.5 km wide, and is the source of the Teesta River. Gurudongmar Lake, some 5 km to west-northwest, also feeds the Teesta.

The first observer to record the pass in western literature was botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, who crossed the pass on 7September 1849.