The Khunjerab Pass (Chinese: 红 其 拉 甫 口岸; Urdu: درہ خنجراب) is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Mountains, strategically located on the northern border of Pakistan (Hunza and Nagar districts in Gilgit-Baltistan) and on the southwestern border of China (Xinjiang) located. ). It is 4,693 meters or 15,397 feet tall.
Its name comes from two words from the local Waki language: "Khun" means blood and "Jerab" means river that originates from a spring or waterfall.
The Khunjerab Pass is the world's most paved international border crossing and the highest point on the Karakoram Highway. The passage through the pass was completed in 1982 and replaced the unclosed Mintaka and Kilik lines as the main route with the Karakoram chain. The KKhunjerab Pass option for the Karakoram Highway was made in 1966: China recommended the steeper KKhunjerab Pass because Mintaka would be more vulnerable to air strikes.
On the Pakistani side, the line is 42 km from Dich National Park Station and Checkpoint, 75 km from Customs and Immigration, 270 km from Gilgit, and 870 km from Islamabad.
On the Chinese side, the line is at the southwestern end of China National Highway 314 (G314) and is 130 km from Tashkurgan, 420 km from Kashgar, and about 1,890 km from Urumqi. The port of China is 3.5 km by road from the pass in the Tashkurgan District.
Long, relatively flat tracks are often covered with snow during winter and are therefore generally closed for heavy vehicles from 30 November to 1 May and for all vehicles from 30 December to 1 April.
The reconstructed Karakoram Highway passes the Khunjerab Pass.
From 1 June 2006 there will be daily bus connections across the border from Gilgit to Kashgar, Xinjiang .
It is one of the international borders where left-hand traffic (managed by Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan) turns to right-hand traffic (China) and vice versa.
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