Mountain passes of Kyrgyzstan

mountain pass

Erkeshtam, called Irkeshtam in Chinese and Dungan, or Erkech-Tam in Uyghur and Kyrgyz, is a border crossing between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, China, named after a village on the Kyrgyz side of the border in southern Osh Region. The border crossing is also called Simuhana (斯姆哈纳), after the first settlement on the Chinese side of the border, but Erkeshtam is now the more common name used in both countries.

mountain pass between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

mountain pass

mountain pass in the Tian-Shan mountain range

Mountain pass in Kyrgyzstan

Mountain pass in Kyrgyzstan

mountain pass in Kyrgyzstan

mountain pass in the Altay Mountains, Kyrgyzstan