Shelkar or Shekar, also called New Tingri, is the administrative centre for Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture in southern Tibet Autonomous Region. The town lies 7 km off the Friendship Highway between Lhatse and Tingri, at an altitude of about 4,300 metres, at the southern foot of 5,260 m high Gyatso La. It is approximately 60 km north-west of Mount Everest an…Shelkar or Shekar, also called New Tingri, is the administrative centre for Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture in southern Tibet Autonomous Region. The town lies 7 km off the Friendship Highway between Lhatse and Tingri, at an altitude of about 4,300 metres, at the southern foot of 5,260 m high Gyatso La. It is approximately 60 km north-west of Mount Everest and just over 50 km from the Nepali border in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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