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Khunjerab Pass ( elevation ) is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Mountains in a strategic position on the northern border of Pakistan's Gilgit – Baltistan region within the region of Kashmir and on the southwest border of the Xinjiang region of China.
The Khunjerab Pass is the highest paved international border crossing in the world and the highest point on the Karakoram Highway.
It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass.
“ The boundaries of Taghdumbash, Khunjerab and Raskam, as claimed by the Kanjuts, are the following: the northern watershed of the Taghdumbash Pamir from the Wakhjir Pass through the Baiyik peak to Dafdar, thence across the river to the Zankan nullah ; thence through Mazar and over the range to Urok, a point on the Yarkand river between Sibjaida and Itakturuk.
* Khunjerab Pass ( the highest paved international border crossing at )
The Khunjerab Pass is the only motorable pass across the range.
The security offered by the Kushans encouraged travel across the Khunjerab Pass and facilitated the spread of Mahayana Buddhism to China.
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Except for the Shimshal, Misgar and Chipursan valleys, all the villages of Gojal can be seen from the Karakorum Highway ( KKH ), which crosses Gojal, entering China at the Khunjerab Pass.
It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of as confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings.
Finally, the highway meets the Pakistan-China border at Khunjerab Pass.
Next the road turns west to a checkpost and small settlement at Pirali, and then the Khunjerab Pass, beyond which is Pakistan, the Khunjerab River and Hunza.
This pass is valid for a calendar year and is used to travel through Khunjerab Pass only.
The border crossing between China and Pakistan at Khunjerab Pass is open only between May 1 and December 31 of every year.
However, the border crossing between China and Pakistan at Khunjerab Pass ( the highest border of the world ) is open only between May 1 and October 15 of every year.
There is no link with China however, on February 28, 2007 contracts were awarded for feasibility studies on a proposed line from Havelian via the Khunjerab Pass at 4730 m above sea level, to the Chinese railhead at Kashgar, a distance of about 750 km.
The Tashkurgan River begins just north of the Khunjerab Pass and flows north along the Karakoram Highway to Tashkurgan.
Accommodation is available and it is a recommended overnight stop for road travellers from China to Pakistan in order to have the best chance of crossing the snow-prone Khunjerab Pass in daylight.
Travelling from China, it is about south of Kashgar and is the last town before the border with Pakistan, and over the Khunjerab Pass from Sust, which is the Pakistani border crossing town.
However, the border crossing between China and Pakistan at Khunjerab Pass ( the highest border of the world ) is open only between May 1 and October 15.
* Khunjerab Pass ( the only other major border pass to China open in South Asia )
The new Karakoram Highway heads further south, and then west over the Khunjerab Pass (; ).

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