Nezatash Pass

Nezatash Pass
Nezatash Pass is located in Southern Xinjiang
Nezatash Pass
Nezatash Pass
Nezatash Pass is located in Tajikistan
Nezatash Pass
Nezatash Pass
Elevation4,476 m (14,685 ft)
LocationChina–Tajikistan border
RangeSarikol_Range, Pamir Mountains
Coordinates37°35′40″N 74°56′07″E / 37.5944°N 74.9353°E / 37.5944; 74.9353
Map
Nezatash Pass
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese納茲塔什山口
Simplified Chinese纳兹塔什山口
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinnàcítǎshén shānkǒu
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese奈扎塔什山隘
Simplified Chinese奈扎塔什山隘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinnàizhātǎshén shānài
Tajik language name
Tajik languageАғбаи Найзатош

The Nezatash Pass or Neza-Tash Pass (Tajik: Ағбаи Найзатош; Aghbai Nayzatosh) is a mountain pass in the Sarikol Range between Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan and Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang, China. It is situated at an elevation of 4,476 metres (14,685 ft).[1] The name of the path means "spear stone" in Kyrgyz as it is named after a rock near the location.[2]

  1. ^ 中华人民共和国和塔吉克斯坦共和国关于中塔国界的补充协定  [China-Tajikistan Border Agreement] (in Chinese). 2002-05-17 – via Wikisource. 经4476米(原苏联地图为4476.0米)奈扎塔什山隘
  2. ^ Hill, John E. (September 2003). "Section 20 The Kingdom of Suoche 莎車 (Yarkand).". The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu. University of Washington. Retrieved 2017-02-07. Neza Tash, meaning spear-stone, is named from a spear-like pointed rock near the place.