Himalayan Mountain Passes

Himalayan Mountain Passes

Banihal is an important pass connecting the hill areas of Jammu to the Kashmir Valley. Zoji La lies between the value of Kashmir and the Kargil district, and is the only western entrance to the highlands of Ladakh. Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, India. Mohan Pass is the principal pass in the Siwalik Hills, the southernmost and geologically youngest foothills running parallel to the main Himalayas in Sikkim. Kora La at 4,594 meters elevation on the Nepal – Tibet border at the upper end of Mustang. The Kali Gandaki  Groge (a graben ), transects the main Himalaya and Transhimalayan ranges. Kora La is the lowest pass through both ranges between K2 and Everest, But some 300 metres (980 ft) higher than Nathula and Jelepla passes further east between Sikkim and Tibet. Arniko Rajmarg/ Friendship Highway route from Kathmandu , Nepal crossing into Tibet at Kodari / zhangmu, to Nyalam , Lalung – La pass (5.050m), Tingri, Xegar, Lakpa La pass (5,250m) to Lhatse on the Yarlung Tsangpo/ Brahmaputra River about 460 road kilometers west of Lhasa. Gangtok in  Sikkim to Lhasa in Tibet, via the Nathula  Pass and Jelepla  Passes.