{"id":354716,"date":"2026-01-24T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354716"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:35:24","slug":"pangolakha-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pangolakha-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A forest fire has been burning for the past two days within Sikkim&#8217;s Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pan.jpg?resize=351%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary\" width=\"351\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in<strong> East Sikkim. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is situated at the<strong> tri-junction of Sikkim, Bengal and Bhutan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> Pangolakha range<\/strong> in the east<strong> separates Sikkim from Bhutan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> linked to Neora Valley National Park of West Bengal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Established:<\/strong> It was established as a <strong>Wildlife Sanctuary in the year 2002.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Area:\u00a0<\/strong>It covers an area of about <strong>12,400 hectares.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Altitude:<\/strong> It lies at an altitude <strong>ranging from 1,300 metres to above 4,000 metres.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Lakes:<\/strong> The area has<strong> high-altitude lakes<\/strong> such as <strong>Bedang Tso and wetlands near Jelep La and Natu La.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>River:<\/strong> Rivers like <strong>Rangpo and Jaldhaka<\/strong> originate from nearby lakes within the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Vegetation:\u00a0<\/strong>It contains <strong>alpine, temperate, and subtropical vegetation zones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Flora:<\/strong> <strong>Rhododendron, silver fir, juniper, oak, and bamboo thickets <\/strong>are found there.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> Species<strong> such as Red Panda, Tiger, Snow leopard, Takin, Goral, Serow, Musk Deer, Red Fox, and Asiatic Black Bear, Mouse-Hare and Himalayan Weasel<\/strong> are found here.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bird species<\/strong> such as <strong data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"902\">Bar-headed Goose, Large Cormorant, and Brahminy Shelduck, Bar-headed Goose, Large Cormorant Brahminy, Shelduck, etc <\/strong>are found here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A forest fire has been burning for the past two days within Sikkim&#8217;s Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary. About Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary Location: Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in East Sikkim. It is situated at the tri-junction of Sikkim, Bengal and Bhutan. The Pangolakha range in the east separates Sikkim from Bhutan. 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