Pagsum Lake Explained

Pagsum Co
Pushpin Map:Tibet
Location:Gongbo'gyamda County, Tibet
Coords:30.0142°N 93.9503°W
Basin Countries:China
Length:18km (11miles)
Area:27km2
Max-Depth:120m (390feet)
Elevation:3700m (12,100feet)

Dragsum Tsho (Pagsum Co, literally meaning “three rocks” in Tibetan,[1] is a lake covering 28 square kilometres in Gongbo'gyamda County, Nyingchi of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, approximately 300km (200miles) east of Lhasa. At 3,700 metres over sea level it is about 18 km long and has an average width of approximately 1.5km (00.9miles). The deepest point of the green lake measures 120 metres. The lake is also known as Gongga Lake.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Xizang Diming : Bod ljoṅs sa miṅ; Place Names of the Xizing Autonomous Region. 国家测绘局地名研究所 (National Surveying and Naming Research Institute). China Tibetology Press (中国藏学出版社). 1995. 7-80057-284-6. Beijing. 15. zh:西藏地名 བོད་ལྗོངས་ས་མིང།. Tibetan Place Names.
    The name is sometimes confused with Basum (Basong Xiang Chinese: 巴松乡 / dba’ gsum) in Tingri County, Shigatse, due to the similarity of the Chinese names.