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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.
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.
Khunjerab Pass is the highest ... No. Portrait Name Elevation Rank (Pakistan) Connects Location 1 Khunjerab Pass: 4,693 m (15,397 ft) ... Naltar Pass Karakoram Range ...
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 ...
From Kathmandu, Nepal crossing into Tibet at Kodari/Zhangmu, to Nyalam, Lalung-La pass (5,050m/16,570 ft), Tingri, Shelkar, Gyatso La pass, to Lhatse on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra River about 460 road km west of Lhasa: Lipulekh Pass: 4,400 14,436 On the road between Kalapani in Kumaon, India and Lake Manasarovar near mount Kailash in Tibet ...
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 Chinese port of entry is located 3.5 km (2.2 mi) along the road from the pass in Tashkurgan County. The long, relatively flat pass is often snow-covered [2] during the winter season and as a consequence is generally closed for heavy vehicles from November 30 to May 1 and for all vehicles from December 30 to April 1. [3]