Pagsum Lake
| Pagsum Co | |
|---|---|
 View north-east from Tashi Island | |
| Location | Gongbo'gyamda County |
| Basin countries | China |
| Max. length | 18 km |
| Surface area | 27 km² |
| Max. depth | 120 m |
| Surface elevation | 3,700 m |
Dragsum Tsho (tib.: brag gsum mtsho, Tibetan:བྲག་གསུམ་མཚོ་, Pagsum Co (Chinese: BÄsÅng Cuò å…«æ¾é”™), literally meaning “three rocks†in Tibetan,[1] is a lake covering 28 square kilometres in Gongbo'gyamda County, Nyingchi Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, approximately 300 km east of Lhasa in Tibet. At 3,700 metres over sea level it is about 18 km long and has an average width of approximately 1.5 kilometres. The deepest point of the green lake measures 120 metres. The lake is also known as Gongga Lake.
Footnotes
- ↑ GuójiÄ cèhuìjú dìmÃng yánjiÅ«suÇ’ 国家测绘局地åç ”ç©¶æ‰€: XÄ«zà ng dìmÃng 西è—地å / bod ljongs sa ming བོད་ལྗོངས་ས་མིང༠(Tibetan Place Names; Beijing, ZhÅngguó Zà ngxué chÅ«bÇŽnshè ä¸å›½è—å¦å‡ºç‰ˆç¤¾ 1995); ISBN 7-80057-284-6, p. 15. The name is sometimes confused with Basum (Basong Xiang å·´æ¾ä¹¡ / dba’ gsum དབའ་གསུམ) in Tingri County of Shigatse Prefecture, due to the similarity of the Chinese names.
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Coordinates: 30°00′51″N 93°57′01″E / 30.01417°N 93.95028°E
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