Mapping the Tibetan World. Kotan Publishing. 0-9701716-0-9. An excellent budget guide for those touring religeous sites, with over 280 maps. Visit the Potala Palace in Lhasa or join pilgrims at sacred Mt. Kailash, source of Asia's great rivers. Journey to the isolated Dragon Kingdom of Bhutan, trek to the Mt. Everest base camp in the Hepalese Himalayas
or discover thriving Tibetan culture in the Indian towns of Leh, Dharamsala, Darjeeling, and Gangkok.
65-4395TM
Atlas
$27.95
Waterproof! Tibet travel map. Reise Know-How. A double-sided map dividing the region into north and south sections. Combines clear road and tourist detail with relief indicated by contours, altitude tinting, and selected peak heights. Rivers, salt pans, swamps and ice-caps are clearly indicated. Road detail includes secondary roads, selected tracks and pilgrimage routes and also shows high passes and intermediate driving distances on main roads.
Main railways, airports and airfields are indicated and a range of symbols depicts a variety of features such as various antiquities and places of interest, monasteries, temples, sacred sites, festival sites, campsites, viewpoints, hospitals, border control points. National parks and regional boundaries are also marked. Includes extensive index of place names. Longitude and latitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals.
A 1:50,000 map of Lhasa is also included, showing main roads and important sites and services.
Sample of the map detail. Shows extent of coverage of the map
65-43905
1 sheet, folded.
$15.95
Tibet road map. 1:2,400,000. Himalayan Map House/Nepa. Clear, easy to read map covering the whole of Tibet with all but the south-eastern corner of Nepal. Relief shading, with main peaks and passes prominently marked, indicates the topography. The map shows towns and settlements, roads and local airports. An index of localities includes peaks and passes. The map also includes a street plan of Lhasa indicating places of interest and tourist facilities.
65-43901
1 sheet, folded.
$13.95
Recommended! Tibet Geographic & Road Maps. 1:2,000,000. Gizimap, Budapest. Part of a series of maps to eventually cover all of China - see also China listed above. Available in two styles - road map and geographic (physical). The geographic version of the map provides excellent representation of physical detail with colour shading and peaks, roads and tourist information such as the location of monasteries, forts and national parks. Names on the map are in English, Chinese and Tibetan. Key to symbols includes German, French, Russian and Hungarian. A full placename index is given on the reverse of the sheet. The road map edition is the same map without the elevation tinting and shading, which makes it easier to read as a road map, but lacks the elevation detail so important in such a mountainous country. Also available flat for framing.
Sample of the map detail. Shows extent of coverage of the map
65-43903
Road map, folded.
$12.95
65-43903R
Road map, flat/rolled.
$
64-40961-5
Geographic map, folded.
$12.95
64-40961-5R
Geographic map, flat/rolled.
$15.95
Tibet and Adjacent Areas under Communist China's Occupation. 1:3,200,000. Amnye Machen Institute Tibetian Center for Advanced Studies, 2001. A detailed map showing roads, towns, villages, and monasteries. Administrative boundaries shown include provincial, prefectural, and county boundaries. The map is color-coded to show ethnic distribution by counties and municipalities. There is a list of Tibetan counties with "autonomous" status. There is also a short list of other counties traditionally or historically inhabited by Tibetans.
Sample of the map detail.
65-4348
1 sheet, folded
$25
Himalaya & Tibet Map, with Bhutan, Ladakh, and Sikkim. 1:1,600,000. Gecko Maps, 2005. Detailed topographic map showing monasteries, pilgrimage routes, sacred places, holy mountains, and much more. With a 1º latitude/longitude grid for GPS use. Map size is 99 x 148 cm.
Sample #1 Sample #2
65-4372
1 sheet, folded.
$15.95
(Tibet) South Central Tibet (Lhasa Region). 1:900,000. Nepa. 1998. This shaded relief map covers south-central Tibet; the main tourist area. There is also a small, basic map of Lhasa, but we strongly recommend the Lhasa city map listed in our Tibet section. The map shows roads with detailed routes, driving distances, spot elevations, charts of % oxygen at various tourist sites, monthly mean temperatures, and more. We recommend this map of the region.
65-4381
1 sheet, folded
$12.95
(Tibet) The Eastern Regions of Tibet. No scale. International Campaign for Tibet, Washington D.C., 1997. On one side is a map of eastern Tibet showing the location of Tibetan towns & villages and Chinese towns & villages, Tibetan monasteries, etc. The reverse side has five maps illustrating the spread of Tibetans and Tibetan Buddhism from 750 A.D. to 1996. Extensive text is included on both sides of the map.
65-4371
1 sheet, folded
$13.5
(Tibet) Mt. Kailash hiking map. 1:50,000. Nepa. This topographic and shaded relief map covers south-central Tibet; the main tourist area. There is also a small, basic map of Lhasa, but we strongly recommend the Lhasa city map listed in our Tibet section. The map shows roads with detailed routes, driving distances, spot elevations, charts of % oxygen at various tourist sites, monthly mean temperatures, and more. We recommend this map of the region.
65-4382
1 sheet, folded
$14.95
Mount Kailash Hiking Guide. Cicerone, 2007. This comprehensive guide to the Kailash trekking region - sacred to Bhuddists, Hindus, Bonpos, Jains, and other religions - opens up a region of increasing interest to Western visitors. Kailash (22,028ft high) has for more than a thousand years been a central pilgrimage site for some of the world's major religions. The book provides all the essential planning info for a trip to one of the world's most remote regions, including travel into and within Tibet. It guides the trekker on the journey round the sacred peak, and also describes a trip to the ethereal fortress ruins of Tsaparang, the former capital of Guge. This is Tibet's greatest Buddhist treasure house of art and paintings, a fairytale location not to be missed. The author recommends the guides listed below.
Location map of the trek Sample of one of the maps in the guide
65-04951MK
Guide.
$22.95
65-0481-57
Kailash. 1:50,000. Himalaya Map House. Includes Darchen, Darpoche, Chuku Gompa, Dira Phug, Dolma La, Zuthrul Phug Gompa, Mt. Kailash.
$
65-0481-12
Kailash - Manasarovar. 1:200,000. Himalaya Map House. This topographic map has a 1:200,000 map of the region and a sketch map at 1:66,000 of the routes up Mount Kailas. The map covers Simikot, Nara Pass, Sera, Purang, Manasarovar, Rakas Tal, Kailas, Limi, Humla.
$15.95
65-43901
Tibet. 1:2,400,000. Himalaya Map House. Clear, easy to read map covering the whole of Tibet with all but the south-eastern corner of Nepal. Relief shading, with main peaks and passes prominently marked, indicates the topography. The map shows towns and settlements, roads and local airports. An index of localities includes peaks and passes. The map also includes a street plan of Lhasa indicating places of interest and tourist facilities.
$13.95
(Tibet) Garze Autonomous Area map. 2001. Bilingual Chinese/English.
65-4370
1 sheet.
$9.95
(Tibet) On This Spot: Lhasa, Tibet. International Campaign for Tibet, Washington D.C. 2001. A very professionally prepared map of Lhasa and the Greater Lhasa Valley. The map is loaded with information about the current political situation in Tibet; locations of prisons, locations of security units, political incidents in recent Tibetan history that are not well known in the west. Not nearly as detailed streetwise as the Lhasa city map listed in our Tibet map section, but the additional information on this map make it indispensible.
Note: the publisher warns that possession of this map in Tibet by a Tibetan is considered subversive and use of this map in Tibet.
Sample image Map cover
65-4392LI
1 sheet, folded
$6.95
Map and Index of Lhasa City. 1:12,500. Centre for Occupied Tibet Studies, Amnye Machen Institute, Dharamsala. Cartographical Series #1, 1995. This is an excellent full-color map of Lhasa City. The margins contain a legend and index of buildings, streets, and more. A separate 63-page text booklet gives a brief history of Lhasa and locations of hotels, stores, etc. The map is in English and the text booklet is bilingual English/Tibetan. ISBN 81-86227-10-5.
65-4392LH
1 set, folded
$19.95
Lhasa City Map. 1:4,000. Gecko Maps. This is an extremely detailed street map of Lhasa with numerous inset maps. The map highlights traditional Tibetan architecture and townscapes. On side of the map has the main map covering the Old Town, Potala, and other main tourist areas of Lhasa. The reverse side has a large map of Lhasa Old Town, plus eleven inset maps of such places as Potala, Marpori, Greater Lhasa, Temple Jokhang, etc. Descriptive text is included for each map. Map size is 20 x 41".
Sample from the main Lhasa map Sample from the Potala Palace inset map Sample from the Norbulinka Summer Palace inset map
65-4392LK
1 sheet, folded.
$17.95
(Tibet) Lhasa city map. China Cartographic Publishing House, 2001. In English.
Waterproof!
Sample of the map detail.
Shows extent of coverage of the map
Recommended!
Sample of the map detail.
Shows extent of coverage of the map
Sample of the map detail.
Sample #1
Sample #2
Location map of the trek
Sample of one of the maps in the guide
Sample image
Map cover
Sample from the main Lhasa map
Sample from the Potala Palace inset map
Sample from the Norbulinka Summer Palace inset map