Kyzylart Pass

Kyzylart Pass 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). 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.

Kyzylart Pass
Location in Tajikistan, on the border with Kyrgyzstan
Elevation4,280 m (14,042 ft)
LocationKyrgyzstanTajikistan border
RangeTrans-Alay Range
Coordinates39°23′03.60″N 73°19′21″E

References

  • Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt travel guides, 2008
  • Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, Tajikistan and the High Pamirs, Odyssey Books, 2008
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