Semo La

Semo La
Tibet S206 at Semo La
Elevation	5,565.1 m (18,258 ft)[1][2]
Traversed by	Tibet Provincial Road S206
Location	Coqen, Ngari, Tibet, China
Range	Gangdise Shan, Transhimalaya, Tibetan Plateau
Coordinates	30°06′36″N 85°25′54″E / 30.11000°N 85.43167°E / 30.11000; 85.43167
Semo La

Semo La^[3] (Chinese: 桑木拉大坂; Standard Tibetan: བཟར་མོ་ལ) is a mountain pass situated in Coqên County, Ngari Prefecture in the central part of Tibet and gives access to the Changtang region. It is found on the so-called Northern Route, north of Raka and south of Town of Coqên in Central Tibet. Travellers use this route as an alternative access route to western Tibet and Mount Kailash, especially when mud makes access by the more southern route difficult.^{[citation needed]}

The road crossing the pass was once an old unsurfaced track travelled only by a weekly bus and trucks heading west to avoid the boggy parts of the south of the country.^[4][2] The construction of paved road through the pass, Tibet Provincial Road S206, was finished in late 2015.^[5]