Khunjerab Pass
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mountain pass in Pakistan and China
Key facts
- Elevation
- 4,693 m (15,397 ft)
- Traversed by
- AH4 - G314 , Karakoram Highway
- Location
- Hunza-15801, Pakistan - administered Gilgit–Baltistan / Xinjiang , China
- Range
- Karakoram Range
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border checkpoint
- Part of
- China–Pakistan border
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Xinjiang
- Elevation
- 4693
- Image
- Khunjerab Pass Karakorum.jpg
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- Khunjerab Pass
- carries thoroughfare
- Karakoram Highway
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Encyclopedic overview
Khunjerab Pass (Chinese: 红其拉甫口岸; Urdu: درہ خنجراب listen; Uyghur: قونجىراپ ئېغىزى) is a mountain pass on the Karakoram Highway in Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan bordering Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. It is a high-altitude mountain pass lying at an elevation of 4,693 metres (15,397 ft) above sea level in the Karakoram. It holds a significant strategic position on the northern border of Pakistan, specifically in the Gilgit-Baltistan's Hunza and Nagar districts. Additionally, it is positioned on the southwestern border of China with Pakistan, in the Xinjiang region.
Near Khunjerab Pass, there is another pass known as Mutsjliga Pass [ceb], which stands at an elevation of 5,314 metres (17,434 ft) and is located at approximately 36°58′25″N 75°17′50″E / 36.97374°N 75.2973°E / 36.97374; 75.2973.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khunjerab Pass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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