Wakhjir Pass
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The Wakhjir Pass,[1] also spelled Vakhjir Pass, is a mountain pass in the Hindu Kush or Pamirs at the eastern end of the Wakhan Corridor, the only potentially navigable pass between Afghanistan and China in the modern era.[2] It links Wakhan in Afghanistan with the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang, China, at an altitude of 4,923 metres (16,152 ft).[3] The pass is not an official border crossing point.[2] With a difference of 3.5 hours, the Afghanistan–China border has the sharpest official change of clocks of any international frontier (UTC+4:30 in Afghanistan to UTC+8, in China).[4] China refers to the pass as South Wakhjir Pass (Chinese: 南瓦根基达坂), as there is a northern pass on the Chinese side.[3]
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Elevation | 4,923 m (16,152 ft) |
Location | Wakhan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan - Taxkorgan, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China |
Range | Pamir Mountains |
Coordinates | 37.0872°N 74.4842°E / 37.0872; 74.4842 |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 瓦根基達坂 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 瓦根基达坂 | ||||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 瓦赫吉爾山口 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 瓦赫吉尔山口 | ||||||||||||
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Persian name | |||||||||||||
Persian | گذرگاه واخجیر Gozargāh-e Vākhjīr | ||||||||||||