Jelep La (Tibetan: རྫི་ལི་ལ, Wylie: rdzi li la, THL: dzi li la; Chinese: 则里拉山口; pinyin: Zé lǐlā shānkǒu) elevation 14,390 feet (4,390 m), is a high mountain...

1967 which resulted in fatalities on both sides. Nathu La has often been compared to Jelep La, a mountain pass situated at a distance of 3 miles (4.8 km)...

connected to Sikkim to the southwest via the mountain passes of Nathu La and Jelep La. The valley is at an altitude of 3,000 m (9,800 ft), and being on the...

It lies in a transverse valley below the Dongkya Range, close to the Jelep La pass. A nearby moraine ridge across the valley forms part of the watershed...

British developed Jelep La, and later Nathu La, as they were accessible from British India, and Cho La fell into relative disuse. The Cho La pass was in regular...

leading to their suzerainty over Sikkim with its strategic Nathu La and Jelep La passes into the Chumbi Valley. Following the Anglo-Chinese treaty of...

Tibetan government dispatched an expedition of 300 soldiers that crossed the Jelep La pass and occupied Lingtu around 13 miles (21 km) into Sikkim. The British...

scorching summer heat in the plains. Kalimpong's proximity to the Nathu La and Jelep La passes for trading with Tibet was an added advantage. It soon became...

from Darjeeling to Kalimpong, Guatong, Jelep La, Yatung, Phari, Tang La, Donka La, Kampa Dzong, Tinki Dzong, Tinki La, Chiblung, Shekar Dzong, Chödzong, and...

10,280 ft (3,130 m) North of Shimla, halfway between Shimla and Manali. Jelep La Sikkim 14,300 ft (4,400 m) On India-China border, halfway between Shillong...

Hebei Yanmen Pass, Shanxi Alataw Pass to Kazakhstan Dongkhala to India Jelep La to India Karakoram Pass to India Khunjerab Pass to Pakistan Kilik Pass...

extends to Dongkha La, and 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. S. K...

summer heat in the plains. Kalimpong's proximity to the Nathu La and Jelep La passes (La means "pass") for trading with Tibet was an added advantage. It...

China decided to capture four critical posts in Sikkim: Nathu La, Jelep La, Sebu La and Cho La. These posts were strategically valuable, as they oversaw the...

Tibet. It is in the valley of Yatung Chu, the river that flows down from Jelep La to join the Amo Chu river near Rinchengang. But according to travel writer...

originates from the Bitang Lake at Kupup, Gangtok District, Sikkim, near the Jelep La pass below Dongkya Mountain Range. It flows through Pakyong District of...

that the heavy baggage train with mules should go to Kampa Dzong via the Jelep La, so a third group, made up of Smijth-Windham, Thompson and Karma Paul,...

over the Jelep La into Tibet and on into the Chumbi Valley, passing Phari at 4,400 metres (14,300 ft), crossing the Himalaya watershed at Tang La and continuing...

Mountain Tops (328). GSA: 201. Kumar, Mayank (September 26, 2019). "Not Khardung La, This Is the World's Highest Motorable Pass. Yes, It's in India!". Three Passes...

in Tibet. It was commonly used by traders traveling to Tibet through Jelep La ("La" stands for mountain pass) as an overnight base. The route started from...

after a series of skirmishes between the Tibetans and the British near Jelep La, the Tibetans were pushed back and the Chogyal was put under the supervision...

Chumbi Valley (part of Tibet), with numerous passes such as Cho La, Nathu La and Jelep La. The Doklam plateau is to the east of all these passes. In the...

included his close aide, diplomat and military figure Tsarong Dzasa, fled via Jelep La to Sikkim and Darjeeling, where they stayed almost two years. During this...

transferred from another location called "Yatung" in the valley between the Jelep La and Rinchengang. The original location later came to be called Old Yatung...

2021. Sarkar, Debasis (25 January 2017). "Closed Sino–India trade route Jelep-La deserves reopening". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 March 2021. Bibliography...

market at Old Yatung was opened to India in the valley coming down from the Jelep La pass. At that time there was a wall-like structure across the valley's...

Pipitang, where the route from the Nathu La pass arrives, and Rinchengang, which receives the route from the Jelep La pass. It is likely that prior to the...

(Nyalam Tong La) passes to the north of Kathmandu to travel to Lhasa. From the 1930s, a new caravan route over the lower Nathu La and Jelep La passes on...

a strategic location on a ridge overlooking the Rhenock valley and the Jelep La route to Tibet. Gyaltshan constructed several small monasteries in and...

Macdonald and accompanied by Colonel Francis Younghusband, crossed the pass of Jelep La and entered Tibet. Rock climbers James William Puttrell, William Smithard...