Khunjerab Pass
English
Proper noun
Khunjerab Pass
- A mountain pass that connects Xinjiang region of China with Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is the highest point on Karakoram Highway, at an altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet), which makes it the highest paved international border crossing in the world.
- 2013 October 15, “World's most dangerous roads”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 November 2013:
- The Karakoram Highway, which links China and Pakistan over the 15,400-foot Khunjerab Pass, winds through some spectacular gorges along the route of the old Silk Road. The international "Friendship Highway," which isn't even paved on the Pakistani side, is so unstable and prone to flash floods that almost 900 workers died during its construction, mostly crushed by landslides.
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Translations
mountain pass
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