Kyzylart Pass | |
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Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Арт ашуусу | |
Elevation | 4,280 m (14,042 ft) |
Location | Kyrgyzstan– Tajikistan border |
Range | Trans-Alay Range |
Coordinates | 39°23′03.60″N 73°19′21″E / 39.3843333°N 73.32250°E |
Kyzylart Pass ( Russian: Кызыл-Арт; Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Арт ашуусу) is a mountain pass and border crossing in the Trans-Alay Range on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The highest point is 4,280 m (14,042 ft). [1] The border checkpoint on the Kyrgyz side is Bor-Döbö. [2] The area is typically rugged and dry. It is crossed by the Pamir Highway which leads south from Sary-Tash in the Alay Valley up onto the Pamir plateau toward Karakol Lake and Murghab, Tajikistan. In the late nineteenth century the Russians explored and eventually occupied the Pamir plateau.
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Kyzylart Pass | |
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Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Арт ашуусу | |
Elevation | 4,280 m (14,042 ft) |
Location | Kyrgyzstan– Tajikistan border |
Range | Trans-Alay Range |
Coordinates | 39°23′03.60″N 73°19′21″E / 39.3843333°N 73.32250°E |
Kyzylart Pass ( Russian: Кызыл-Арт; Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Арт ашуусу) is a mountain pass and border crossing in the Trans-Alay Range on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The highest point is 4,280 m (14,042 ft). [1] The border checkpoint on the Kyrgyz side is Bor-Döbö. [2] The area is typically rugged and dry. It is crossed by the Pamir Highway which leads south from Sary-Tash in the Alay Valley up onto the Pamir plateau toward Karakol Lake and Murghab, Tajikistan. In the late nineteenth century the Russians explored and eventually occupied the Pamir plateau.
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