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Thorang La (5,416m)

The Shangri La family is an extremely exaggerated collection of places, passes and peaks comprising as its members. The immediate members of the Shangri La faamily all end in the suffix "La" or more generally "la", most probably a Tibetan word meaning "Pass" or "locale". Bundled together by namesake true, but they do share among themselves utopian beauty much the way James Hilton imagined in his original concept of "Shangri-la".

Shangri La family includes more famous and accessible members like Jumla, with its own airstip, to very remote Himalayan passes like Marim La bordering Nepal and Tibet at 18,005 ft. The members vary in their location as they do in their form - Lho La, a 6,006m high peak in the Khumbu (Everest) region till Khung La, another Himalayan pass at 17,753 ft in the far West.

Listed by region from east to west, the known family members are:

Arunachal, India
Shangri La (14,000ft)

Sikkim, India
Nathu La

Tibet
Changri La, Langma La, Pang La (5,200m/17,160ft), Kamba La (4,794m/15,820ft), Karo La (5,010m/16,553ft), Po La (4,500m/14,850ft), Lhakpa La (5,220m/17,225ft)

Kanchenjunga Area, Nepal
Mirgin La (4,663m), Tamo La (3,900m), Sinion La (4,660m), Lapsang La (5,110m), Jonsang La

Makalu-Barun Area, Nepal
Baga La, Jelep La, Shipki La & Shipton La (Kike La (4,127m) and Tutu La)

Khumbu Area, Nepal
Lho La (6,006m), Chuguma La a.k.a. hTsho La (5,420m), Nagpa La (5,716m), Gong La, Cho La, Khumbila (5,761m), Lumding La (4,516m/14,816ft), Moro La (4,343m/14,248ft), Kongma La (5,535m/18,159ft), Pangum La a.k. Satu La (3,173m), Lapcha La (3,475m)

Mera Peak & Hinku Valley, Nepal
Mingbo La (5,817m/19,085ft), Mera La, Kemba La (3,913m/12,912ft), Zatrwa La (4,600m/15,000ft), Surkie La (3,085m/10,200ft), Pangkongma La (3,173m/10,400ft)

Rolwaling Himal, Nepal
Tinsang La (3,319m/10,889ft), Daldung La (3,976m/13,045ft), Manlung La, Yalung La (5,310m/17,421ft), Rigimu La

Langtang/Goshaikund Area, Nepal
Ganja La, Laurebina La (4,609m/15,100ft), Gonga La

Manaslu Area, Nepal
Thaple La, Salbu La, Larkya La, Kardle La, Rumna La

Manang Area, Nepal
Marim La (18,005ft), Gumila, Thorila, Kimbu La, Ropila, Kagmara La, Khung La (17,753ft)

Annapurna Region, Nepal
Kang La, Thorang La (5,416m)

Mustang/Phoksundo Region, Nepal
Baga La (5,090m), Numa La, Nyi La (3,840m)

Jumla Area, Nepal
Balangra La, Kagmara La

Garhwal, India
Niti La

Uttarkhand region, India
Kungribingri La and Keogad La

Zanskar Region, India
Phirtse La, Sirichun La, Shingkhun La (Shingo La) (16,520ft), Pensi La (4,400m), Hanuma La (15,260ft), Sirsir La (15,600ft), Sengge La (16,200ft), Parfi La (12,660ft)

Himachal Pradesh, India
Shipki La, Namika La (3,718m), Fatu La (4,092m), Tanglung La (5,303m)

Western Tibet
Mayum La (5,151m/16,900ft), Dolma La (5,669m/18,600ft)

Pakistan
Shang La

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Gang La


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