Kangto
The highest peak in Arunachal, on the line the two countries disagree about.
- Where
- Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.8650, 92.5325
Get the Kangto stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kangto. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Arunachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kangto
Sela Pass 58 km
Forty two hundred metres, held open through winter, with a lake beside the road that freezes solid.
Nuranang Falls 62 km
A hundred metres of water off the Tawang road.
Dirang 63 km
Apple orchards, hot springs and a stone village.
Bum La Pass 65 km
The border post above Tawang, open with a permit.
Bomdila 68 km
At twenty seven hundred metres on the road to Tawang, with a monastery and apple orchards along the ridge.
Sangetsar Lake 73 km
Trees still standing in the water an earthquake made.
Tawang Monastery 73 km
The largest monastery in India and the second largest anywhere, founded in 1680 at three thousand metres.
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary 87 km
A protected area in the far east of Bhutan, across the Merak and Sakteng gewogs of Trashigang District and just into Samdrup Jongkhar. It is home to the semi nomadic Brokpa herders, and local belief places the migoi, the Bhutanese yeti, in its forests.
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Questions
Where is Kangto?
Kangto is in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sela Pass (58 km), Nuranang Falls (62 km), Dirang (63 km).
How do I get the Kangto stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kangto and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Arunachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kangto before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Arunachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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