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Khunjerab National Park was established primarily as a means to protect the Marco Polo sheep (as well as snow leopards and bharal) living in the area. [6] [7] The borders of the park were mapped by Schaller in 1974, after a short field survey.
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 ...
In Westcentral Sikkim within southern end of Khangchendzonga National Park, near India–Nepal border. Gyong La: Jammu and Kashmir: 18,655 ft (5,686 m) Between NJ9842 and Bilafond La on AGPL in Siachen Glacier area. Haldighati Pass: Rajasthan: 1,227.03 ft (374.00 m) Between Kumbhalgarh Fort and Udaipur. Hpungan Pass: Arunachal Pradesh: 10,078 ...
Gojal (Wakhi: وادی گوجال, Kyrgyz: گۉجال ۅرۅنۇ,), also called Upper Hunza, is situated in northwestern Pakistan.It borders China at the Khunjerab Pass and the Shimshal valley, and Afghanistan at the Chapursan valley.
Khunjerab may refer to: Khunjerab Pass , the highest paved road crossing of an international border in the world, between China and Pakistan Khunjerab National Park , in Pakistan
The oldest national park is Lal Suhanra in Bahawalpur District, established in 1972. [4] It is also the only biosphere reserve of Pakistan. Lal Suhanra is the only national park established before the independence of the nation in August 1947. The main purpose of this area was to protect the wildlife of Cholistan Desert. [3]
It is also bordered by Khunjerab National Park in Pakistan and Wakhan National Park in Afghanistan. Half of its size is above 4,500 m and encompasses the northern edge of the Karakorum, the western edge of the Kunlun and the eastern offshoots of the Pamir mountains. To the south the reserve is bordering Khunjerab National Park in Pakistan. Most ...
Khunjerab National Park; N. Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary; S. Shandur National Park This page was last edited on 28 February 2017, at 18:24 (UTC) ...