Shalu Monastery

Shalu Monastery, southeast of Shigatse, combines Tibetan building forms with Chinese-style tiled roofs.

Pelkor Chode Monastery

Pelkor Chode in Gyantse was founded in the fifteenth century.

Rongbuk Monastery

Rongbuk Monastery lies in the valley below the northern slopes of Mount Everest.

Sakya Monastery

Sakya Monastery was founded in 1073 and is the principal monastery of the Sakya tradition.

Zabuye Salt Lake

Zabuye is a mineral-rich salt lake on the western Tibetan Plateau.

Mount Kailash

Mount Kailash is a sacred mountain in western Tibet, revered in Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon and Jainism.

Lake Manasarovar

Lake Manasarovar lies near Mount Kailash in Purang, western Tibet.

Gurla Mandhata

Gurla Mandhata, known in Chinese as Naimona'nyi, is a snow-covered Himalayan mountain near Lake Manasarovar.