| Diphu Pass | |
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  Diphu Pass | |
| Elevation | 4,587 m (15,049 ft) |
| Location | China–India–Myanmar tripoint |
| Range | Baxoila Ling (Hengduan Mountains) |
| Coordinates | 28°9′0″N 97°20′0″E / 28.15000°N 97.33333°E |
| Diphu Pass | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 底富山口 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 底富山口 | ||||||
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Diphu Pass is a mountain pass around the area of the disputed tri-point borders of India, China, and Myanmar. Diphu Pass is also a strategic approach to eastern Arunachal Pradesh in India.[1] It lies on the McMahon Line.[2] Nearest air connectivity is 60 km away at Walong airstrip.
- ^ Calvin, James Barnard (2 April 1984). "The China-India Border War (1962)". globalsecurity.org. Marine Corps Command and Staff College. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
this placed Diphu Pass--a strategic approach to eastern Assam--in Chinese territory.
- ^ Tzou, Byron N (1990). China and International Law: The Boundary Disputes. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 128. ISBN 9780275934620.
the so-called McMahon Line (that is, from Diphu Pass to Izrazi Pass)