Lonely Planet 1999, p. 264: "Further south the road skirts around the eastern end of Lake Palgon [Pangong] and soon after arrives at new Rutok Xian, where a permit checkpoint awaits the unwary. The old town of Rutok, overlooked by a ruined hilltop dzong (fort) and a recently restored monastery, is about 10 km west of the road and a few kilometres to the south of the new town." Mayhew, Bradley; Bellezza, John Vincent; Wheeler, Tony; Taylor, Chris (1999), Tibet, Lonely Planet, ISBN9780864426376 – via archive.org
Chan, Victor (1994), Tibet Handbook, Chico, CA: Moon Publications, p. 980, ISBN9780918373908 – via archive.org: "After 3 1/2 hr (147 km) [from Ali] reach a road junction. The left fork goes to Rutok Xian, the right to Yecheng."
Lonely Planet 1999, p. 279. Mayhew, Bradley; Bellezza, John Vincent; Wheeler, Tony; Taylor, Chris (1999), Tibet, Lonely Planet, ISBN9780864426376 – via archive.org
Lonely Planet 1999, p. 279: "It's a checkpoint on this important road and a busy army post with a number of new buildings in the bizarre modern Chinese architecture popping up all over Tibet." Mayhew, Bradley; Bellezza, John Vincent; Wheeler, Tony; Taylor, Chris (1999), Tibet, Lonely Planet, ISBN9780864426376 – via archive.org
Lonely Planet 1999, pp. 279, 280. Mayhew, Bradley; Bellezza, John Vincent; Wheeler, Tony; Taylor, Chris (1999), Tibet, Lonely Planet, ISBN9780864426376 – via archive.org
