Tong Tso () or Dong Co (）is a plateau lake in
Gêrzê County,
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of à ...
. The name of lake means "Desolate Lake" in
Standard Tibetan. The lake has a total area of about 87.7 square kilometers. Lying at an elevation of 4,396 metres, it is dotted with two islands.
Maps
File:NI-45-13.jpg, Map including Tong Tso (labeled as T'UNG-KO HU (TANGKA TSHO)) ( ATC, 1972)
File:Txu-oclc-6654394-ni-45-4th-ed.jpg, Map including Tong Tso (labeled as T'ung-ko Hu) ( DMA, 1975)
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7c.jpg, Map including Tong Tso (labeled as DONG CO) ( DMA, 1990)
Notes
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Ngari Prefecture
Lakes of Tibet