Kyzylart Pass

Kyzylart Pass
Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Арт ашуусу
Elevation4,280 m (14,042 ft)
LocationKyrgyzstanTajikistan border
RangeTrans-Alay Range
Coordinates39°23′03.60″N 73°19′21″E / 39.3843333°N 73.32250°E / 39.3843333; 73.32250
Kyzylart Pass is located in Kyrgyzstan
Kyzylart Pass
Location in Kyrgyzstan, on the border with Tajikistan

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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  1. ^ "Кызыларт ашуусу" [Kyzylart Pass] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 87.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Electronic visa information, accessed 31 January 2022.
  • Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt travel guides, 2008
  • Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, Tajikistan and the High Pamirs, Odyssey Books, 2008