The Sela Pass (more appropriately called Se La, as La means Pass) is the world's highest motorable high-altitude mountain pass located in Tawang District of Arunachal Pradesh state of India. It has an elevation of 4170 m (13,700 ft).[2] connects the Buddhist city of Tawang Town to Tezpur and Guwahati and is the main road connecting Tawang with the rest of India. Tawang is situated at a distance of 78 km from Sela Pass while Guwahati is at a distance of 340 km.[3] The pass has hardly any vegetation and is usually snow covered to some extent all through the year.During winter temperature in the pass can go down to -10 degrees.[4]