Kyzylart Pass

Kyzylart Pass
Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Арт ашуусу
Elevation	4,280 m (14,042 ft)
Location	Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border
Range	Trans-Alay Range
Coordinates	39°23′03.60″N 73°19′21″E / 39.3843333°N 73.32250°E / 39.3843333; 73.32250
Location in Kyrgyzstan, on the border with Tajikistan

Kyzylart Pass (Russian: Кызыл-Арт; Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Арт ашуусу) is a mountain pass and border crossing in the Trans-Alay Range on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The highest point is 4,280 m (14,042 ft).^[1] The border checkpoint on the Kyrgyz side is Bor-Döbö.^[2] The area is typically rugged and dry. It is crossed by the Pamir Highway which leads south from Sary-Tash in the Alay Valley up onto the Pamir plateau toward Karakol Lake and Murghab, Tajikistan. In the late nineteenth century the Russians explored and eventually occupied the Pamir plateau.