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The Karakoram Pass (Uyghur: قاراقۇرۇم ئېغىزى) is a 5,540 m or 18,176 ft [1] mountain pass between India and China in the Karakoram Range. [2] It is the highest pass on the ancient caravan route between Leh in Ladakh and Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. 'Karakoram' literally means 'Black Gravel' in Mongolic. [3]
Name State Height (ft/m) Between/ connecting Aghil Pass: Ladakh: 16,333 ft (4,978 m) In Gilgit Baltistan, passes with Xinjiang from northwest to southeast are Mintaka Pass near India-Xinjiang-Afghanistan tri-junction, Parpik Pass, Khunjerab Pass, then India-held Aghil Pass north of K2.
Aerial View of The Karakoram Highway. The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and the China–Pakistan Friendship Highway, is a 1,300 km (810 mi) national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab province of Pakistan to the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit ...
Karakoram's highest and the world's second-highest peak, the K2, is located in Gilgit-Baltistan. The mountain range begins in the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan in the west, encompasses the majority of Gilgit-Baltistan, controlled by Pakistan and then extends into Ladakh , controlled by India and Aksai Chin , controlled by China.
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The Karakoram Pass is located to the north of the Depsang Plains, while the Lingzi Thang plains lie to the southeast. On the west is the southern part of the Rimo glacier , the source of the Shyok River .
Mountain Metres Feet Range Location and Notes Mount Everest: 8,848: 29,029: Himalayas Nepal/China : K2: 8,611: 28,251: Karakoram Pakistan/China Kangchenjunga: 8,586
The location of Shenxianwan was thus included in India. However, when Independent India defined its borders in 1954, it set them along the Karakoram Range with the Karakoram Pass as the defining landmark. India has never claimed the territory beyond the Karakoram Pass nor made any moves to intrude into it.