Mayum La

Mayum La
G219 at Mayum La
Elevation	5,211 m (17,096 ft)
Traversed by	G219
Location	Burang, Ngari, Tibet, China
Range	Gangdise Shan, Transhimalaya, Tibetan Plateau
Coordinates	30°36′53″N 82°25′38″E
Mayum La

Tibetan name
Tibetan	མ་ཡུམ་ལ
Transcriptions Wylie ma yum la THL ma yum la
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	马攸木拉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎyōumù lā

Mayum La (Chinese: 马攸木拉达坂), also known as Mariám La,[1] is a mountain pass to the east of Lake Manasarovar. It separates the drainage divide of the Dangque Zangbo, which is a headwater of Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra), and Langqen Zangbo (Sutlej River) in Tibet.

References

1. Thomas Hungerford Holdich, Tibet, the Mysterious, Asian Educational Services, 1996 - Tibet Autonomous Region (China), p.233, accessed at Google Books 2014-09-21