Kyzylart Pass | |
Native Name: | ky|Кызыл-Арт ашуусу |
Map: | Kyrgyzstan |
Elevation M: | 4280 |
Location: | Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border |
Range: | Trans-Alay Range |
Coords: | 39.3843°N 73.3225°W |
Kyzylart Pass (ru|Кызыл-Арт; ky|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.