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MOUNTAIN PASSES

Q1. What is a Mountain Pass?
A comparatively low route across a mountain range connecting to a valley or plains, from another.

MOUNTAIN PASSES

Q2. Where is Nathula and Jelepla Pass?
Lies in India-China border. Nathula Pass connects Sikkim with Tibet and Jelepla Pass connects Tibet (china region) with East Sikkim Dt., India. They lie on the ancient Silk Route/Road.
Q3. Nathula and Jelepla Passes connnect exactly which places?
Connects Gangtok in Sikkim to Lhasa in Tibet. Also connects Bhadgaon In Nepal with Nylam in Tibet.
Q4. Where is Rohtang Pass and connects which places?
Himachal Pradesh - connects Srinagar in Kashmir via Leh to Tibet. It is now closed/in disuse due to regional troubles.
Q5. Where is Mohan Pass and connects which places?
Shivalik Hills - on the mainland road from Saharanpur in UP to Dehra and the hill station Mussorie in Uttarakhand cuts through this pass then crosses the foot hills.
Q6. Where is Khyber Pass?
It is near Peshawar of Pakistan and connects to Afghanistan.
Q7. Which important pass in the Hindkush mountain connects Chitral, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Baroghil Pass.
Q8. Which mountain pass one has to pass through to reach Manasarovar, a pilgrim center, from India?
Lipulekh Pass.
Q9. Where is Oberlap Pass?
A. Switzerland - in the Swiss Alps connecting the Cantons of Graubundennd Uri. It is at a height of 2044 mtr a.s.l.

Q10. MOUNTAIN PASSES
SL NAMES OF MOUNTAIN PASSES HEIGHT MTR LOCATION
1. ROHTANG PASS 3979 Connects Kulu Valley with Lahaul-Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh - On Leh-Manali Highway.
2. NATHULA PASS 4310 Connects Sikkim and Tibet Autonomous Region on the Himalayas
3. ZOJI LA PASS 3528 Srinagar-Leh Highway
4. JELEPLA PASS 4267 East Sikkim - Tibet
5. KHARDUNG LA PASS 5359 Ladakh - Kashmir
6. CHANG LA PASS 5360 Ladakh - Kashmir
7. LIPULEKH PASS 5334 Byash Valley of Nepal - Uttarakhand
8. BANIHAL PASS 2832 Kashmir Valley - Outer Himalayas
9. SHIPKI LA PASS 5669 India - China border
10. BARA LACH LA PASS 4890 Lahaul Dt of Himachal Pradesh is connected to Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir
11. MANA PASS 5545 India-Tibet border
12. PENSI LA PASS 4400 Tibet -- connects Suru Valley - Zanskar Valley
13. MARSINIK LA PASS 5582 Leh
14. TRAIL'S PASS 5212 Nanda Devi-Nanda Kot Peaks in Uttarakhand connecting Pithorgarh and Bagheshwar Dt.,
15. FOTU LA PASS 4108 Srinagar - Leh Highway
16. NANIKA LA PASS 3700 Srinagar - Leh Highway
17. LUNG LA CHA PASS 5059 Leh - Manali Highway
18. KUN ZUM PASS 4590 Connects Kulu - Lahaul Valley with Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh
19. PALAKKAD GAP 140 Coimbatore - Palghat -- Western Ghats.
20. GOECHA LA 4940 Sikkim
21. CHANSHAL PASS 3750 Simla Dt., Himachal Pradesh
22. KONGKA PASS 5171 India - China Border
23. SHINGO LA 5091 Jammu & Kashmir - Himachal Pradesh border
24. SASSER LA PASS 5411 Leh