Kyzylart Pass (russian: Кызыл-Арт; ky, Кызыл-Арт ашуусу) is a mountain pass and border crossing in the

Trans-Alay Range russian: Заалайский хребет , etymology = , photo = Alai Valley 1.jpg , photo_caption = Trans-Alay Range and Alay Valley , photo_size = 250 , country = Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan , state = , region = Osh Province, Gorno-Badaksh ...

on the border of

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

and

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

. The highest point is 4,280 m (14,042 ft). The border checkpoint on the Kyrgyz side is Bor-Döbö.Electronic visa information
accessed 31 January 2022. The area is typically rugged and dry. It is crossed by the

Pamir Highway The M41, known informally and more commonly as the Pamir Highway (russian: Памирский тракт, translit=Pamirsky Trakt ), is a road traversing the Pamir Mountains through Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan with a ...

which leads south from Sary-Tash in the

Alay Valley The Alay Valley ( ky, Алай өрөөнү, ) is a broad, dry valley running east–west across most of southern Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. It spreads over a length of east–west. The valley extends in north–south direction with varying width ...

up onto the

Pamir Pamir may refer to: Geographical features * Pamir Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia ** Pamir-Alay, a mountain system in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir Mountains *A pamir (valley) is a high plateau or valley surro ...

plateau toward Karakol Lake and Murghab, Tajikistan. In the late nineteenth century the Russians explored and eventually occupied the Pamir plateau.

References

* Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt travel guides, 2008 * Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, Tajikistan and the High Pamirs, Odyssey Books, 2008

Gallery

File:Going up to Kyzil-Art pass (Pamir).jpg, Ascent to the pass File:Yaks near Kizil-Art pass.jpg, Yaki on the pass File:On the kizil-Art pass.jpg, Kilometers on the pass File:Кызыларт.jpg, Pamir Highway near the Kyzyl Art Pass Mountain passes of Tajikistan Mountain passes of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border crossings Mountain passes of the Pamir {{kyrgyzstan-geo-stub