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Nam Co
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Nam Co or Nam Tso (both: näm tsō), salt lake, 950 sq mi (2,461 sq km), central Tibet, SW China. The largest lake in Tibet, it lies at an altitude of 15,180 ft (4,627 m).
Nam Co, Nam Tso
a salt lake in SW China, in SE Tibet at an altitude of 4629 m (15 186 ft.). Area: about 1800 sq. km (700 sq. miles)


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Pilgrims come from every corner of Tibet to the Heavenly Lake Namtso.
Buddhist nun Kelsang Namtso was shot and killed at the Nangpa La pass on September 30, 2006, by Chinese border guards as she and a group of 70 Tibetans attempted to cross into Nepal.
The June 22 petition, sent to three central government offices and the Tibet Autonomous Region government, led to the cancellation of Beijing Sports University teacher Zhang Jian's plan to swim across Namtso Lake, some 100 kilometers north of Lhasa, according to the Tibet Information Network.
 
 
 
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