• A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge.
If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the
highest point on that route.
• Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented
formidable barriers to travel, passes have been important since before recorded history, and have played a key role in trade, war,
and migration.
• At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass.
• The highest pass is Thorong La located in the Damodar Himal, north of the
Annapurna range, Nepal.
• Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas. It connects
the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
• Karakoram Pass is between India and China.
List of Mountain Passes, Location and Separation
Name
|
State
|
Between/ Separating
|
Shenkottai pass
|
Kollam Kerala
|
Travancore & Tamil Nadu
|
Nathu La
|
Sikkim
|
Sikkim & Tibet
|
Sasser la
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
Nubra & Siachen Glacier
|
Rohtang Pass
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Manali & Lahaul
|
Thamarassery Pass
|
Wayanad Kerala
|
Malabar & Mysore
|
Khardung La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
Leh & Nubra
|
Changla Pass
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
Leh & Changthang
|
Kunzum Pass
|
Himachal Pradesh (Lahaul and Spiti)
|
Lahaul & Spiti
|
Karakoram Pass
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
Ladakh & Xinjiang
|
Lanak Pass
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
Ladakh & Tibet
|
Kongka Pass
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
Ladakh & Aksai Chin
|
Palakkad Gap
|
Kerala
|
Kerala & Tamil Nadu
|
Zojila Pass
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Kashmir, Ladakh)
|
Kashmir & Ladakh
|
Banihal Pass
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir)
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
Asirgarh
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
Auden's Col
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
Bara-lacha-la
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
Bomdila
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
|
Chanshal Pass
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
Dehra Compass
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Debsa Pass
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
Diphu Pass
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
|
Dongkhala
|
Sikkim
|
|
Dhumdhar Kandi Pass
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
Fotu La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Goecha La
|
Sikkim
|
|
Haldighati Pass
|
Rajasthan
|
|
Indrahar Pass
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
Jelep La
|
Sikkim
|
|
Lipulekh Pass
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
Lungalacha La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Lamkhaga Pass
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
Marsimik La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Mayali Pass
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
Nama Pass
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
Namika La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Pensi La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Rezang La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Sela Pass
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
|
Shipki La
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
Sia La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Siachen Glacier)
|
|
Shingo La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Spangur Gap
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Gyong La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Siachen Glacier)
|
|
Bilafond La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Siachen Glacier)
|
|
Sin La
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
Tanglang La
|
Jammu
and Kashmir (Ladakh)
|
|
Traill's Pass
|
Uttarakhand
|
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