Located to the east of the Dranang River of the Dranang county in Lhoka, Mingdroling Monastery was built at the end of the 10th century and was renovated and changed its name to the Mindroling in 1677, which was one of the three largest monastery of the Nyingma sect.
Located beside the road on the east bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the Nedong County, the Chamdrok Monastery was first built in the 7th century, which had undergone renovations in all dynasties.
Situated on the Muchong Hill opposite to Chong-gye County, it is the only one of the Tibetan King’s tomb complex as well as the 29th and the 40th Tsenpo’ tombs stretching a history of 1300 years.
With in the boundary of Nankartse, the Yamdrok Yumtso Lake covers an area of 800 square kilometers with 4400 metres above the sea level.
Chimpu is located half way up the Narein Hill, about 15 km to the northeast of the Samye monastery with 4300 metres above the sea level.
The Lhamo Lhatso Lake is called ‘the spirit of the celestial maid lake’ with an altitude of 4000 meters, which is most legendary lake in Tibet. It covers an area of one square kilometers in oval shape.
Located on the south slope of the Nyimari hill in the west of the city of Shigatse, the Tashilumpo Monastery was originally built in 1447, which is known as one of the six major moansteries of the Gelug sect.
Situated in the Shalu village of Gyatso district 30 km away from the southeast of Shigatse city, the Shalu Monastery was built in 1000 AD.
Stretching on the Sino-Nepal border, in the middle section along the Himalaya range, to the south of Tingri County, the Qomolangma stands as the highest peak in the world with 8848.13 meters above sea level within the circumference of 5000 squar kilometers around the peak, there are about four of the 8000-meter high peaks, and thirty-eight of the 7,000-meter high peaks.
Built in 1899, the Rongbuk Monastery was founded by Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, a lama of Nyingma sect. It is the highest monastery in the world in term of its geographical location.