Tongkor Monastery

Tongkor Monastery (also known as Ganden Chokhorling and Dangar Gompa) is located in Zithang, Garzê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, not far to the east of Qinghai Lake. It is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Tongkor Town (Ch. Huangyuan) which is itself about equidistant between Dabzhi (Ch. Haiyan) to the northwest and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Xining, the provincial capital in the southeast. It is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of the Nyima Dawa La "Sun and Moon Pass", 3,399 metres (11,152 ft), over which the ancient trade route (now Route 214) from Xining crossed south to Lhasa.

Tongkor Monastery

Tongkor Monastery (also known as Ganden Chokhorling and Dangar Gompa) is located in Zithang, Garzê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, not far to the east of Qinghai Lake. It is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Tongkor Town (Ch. Huangyuan) which is itself about equidistant between Dabzhi (Ch. Haiyan) to the northwest and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Xining, the provincial capital in the southeast. It is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of the Nyima Dawa La "Sun and Moon Pass", 3,399 metres (11,152 ft), over which the ancient trade route (now Route 214) from Xining crossed south to Lhasa.