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Nezatash Pass

Nezatash Pass
Nezatash Pass is located in Tajikistan
Nezatash Pass
Location in Tajikistan
Elevation 4,476 m (14,685 ft)
Location China–Tajikistan border
Range Pamir Mountains
Coordinates 37°35′40″N 74°56′07″E / 37.5944°N 74.9353°E / 37.5944; 74.9353Coordinates: 37°35′40″N 74°56′07″E / 37.5944°N 74.9353°E / 37.5944; 74.9353
Nezatash Pass
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 納茲塔什山口
Simplified Chinese 纳兹塔什山口
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 奈扎塔什山隘
Simplified Chinese 奈扎塔什山隘
Tajik language name
Tajik language Ағбаи 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). The name of the path means "spear stone" in Kyrgyz as it is named after a rock near the location.

Neztash Pass is a minor path on the Silk Road. During ancient times, it was not a main Silk Road route due to the fact that it took traveler far from settlements, lacked sources of water, and had a relatively higher elevation.

However, during the 19th century, Neztash Pass was frequently used by European explorers passing through the region.

That path sits on the border between China and Tajikstan in the historic region of Badakhshan. In the 1890s, the Chinese, Russian, and Afghan governments signed a series of agreements that divided Badakhshan, but China contested the result of the division. The dispute was eventually settled in 2002 when Tajikistan and China signed a border agreement.



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