Rutog

Proper noun

Rutog

1. A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • We obtained total livestock numbers for all eight xiangs in Gerze County that use the reserve but not the numbers of sheep, goats, yaks, and horses for three of these xiangs; we also lack data for a few xiangs in Rutog County, in the western tip of the reserve, and in Amdo County, at the eastern...1998, George B. Schaller, Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 305
   • Bird Islet is located on Pangong Tso Lake in Rutog County in the north of Ngari Prefecture. The lake is 4,242 meters above sea level and is called "Com Ngangla Renbo" in Tibetan, meaning "beautiful, long and narrow lake."2005, 成卫东 [Cheng Weidong], 雪域寻梦 [Dreams of Snow Land], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 273
2. A town in Rutog County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • Shan knew about Rutog. About one hundred twenty miles from Xinjiang. Close to India. A nuclear zone, a missile command center.2002, Eliot Pattison, Water Touching Stone, St. Martin's Paperbacks, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 348
   • "Gou shi! Peng, where are they?"
     Peng stood at a large wallmap of the region, estimating the intersection of the Harbin's reported sighting."
     "The last reported position was in western Tibet," Peng replied, "near Bangong Co. The nearest village is Rutog."2007, Tom Grace, The Secret Cardinal, Vanguard Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 271

   Synonyms:

   Jih-t'u