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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]
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. Then in Depsang Plains in Ladakh, passes with Aksai Chin from northwest to southeast are Karakoram Pass (Qara Tagh La) and Lanak La. Auden's Col
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 ...
Indian and Chinese soldiers greet each other along the Line of Actual Control near Karakoram Pass in Ladakh on 31 October 2024 (Getty) The inhospitable terrain of these areas, with altitudes ...
The black gravel of Karakoram mountains, as seen near Pakistan's Biafo Glacier. Karakoram is a Turkic term meaning black gravel.The Central Asian traders originally applied the name to the Karakoram Pass. [9]
Karakoram Pass; Khunjerab Pass; Kilik Pass; M. Mintaka Pass; Mustagh Pass; S. Sasser Pass; Sia La This page was last edited on 29 May 2017, at 22:05 (UTC). Text is ...
The trade route via the Karakoram Pass was used by caravans traveling between Leh and the Tarim Basin. Daulat Beg Oldi was a halting point for the caravans. Filippo de Filippi, who explored the area in 1913–1914, described: [18] But on the other hand the caravans come and go incessantly, in the summer, in astonishing numbers.
The Khunjerab Pass holds several distinctions, including being the highest paved international border crossing globally and serving as the highest point along the Karakoram Highway. The construction of the road across this pass was completed in 1982, and it has since supplanted the previously unpaved Mintaka and Kilik passes as the principal ...