Kunlun Pass
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| Compass direction | Northeast | southwest | |
| Pass height | 4772 m above sea level NN | ||
| region | Qinghai , People's Republic of China | ||
| Valley locations | Golmud | Amdo | |
| expansion | Pass road | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 38 '0 " N , 94 ° 4' 0" E | ||
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Tibetan script :
khu nu'i nyag ga
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Simplified :
昆仑 山口
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Pinyin : Kunlun shankou
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The Kunlun Pass is a mountain pass located on the border of Qumarlêb and Chidu (both Yushu Governorate ) and Golmud in the west of the Chinese province of Qinghai in the central Kunlun Mountains . Its height is 4772 m. It is crossed by the Qinghai Tibet Highway (Qing-Zang gonglu) and the Qingzang Railway (Lhasa Railway). Geologically, the Kunlun Pass fold marks the border between the Kunlun Terran and the Songpan Ganzi Terran (Chinese: Songpan Ganzi diti 松潘 - 甘孜 地 体).
literature
- Zangzu da cidian . Lanzhou 2003
See also
- Songpan-Ganzi fold belt 松潘 - 甘孜 褶皱 带
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ http://oak.ucc.nau.edu/wittke/Tibet/Kunlun.html - accessed on May 1, 2011