PASSES OF THE HIMALAYAS-1

WESTERN HIMALAYA PASSES

PASSES IN JAMMU- KASHMIR AND LADAKH REGION	REMARKS	PASSES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH REGION	REMARKS	PASSES IN UTTRAKHAND REGION	REMARKS
KARAKORAM	ROAD FOR YARKOND AND TARIM BASIN PASSES THROUGH IT	BARA LACHA LA	CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN LEH AND MANALI	LIPU LEKH	TRI-JUNCTION PASS BETWEEN INDIA-CHINA-NEPAL EARLIER USED FOR KAILASH-MANSAROVAR YATRA.
MINTAKA	TRI-JUNCTION PASS BETWEEN INDIA-CHINA-AFGHANISTAN	DEBSA	CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN KULLU AND SPITI	MANA	CONNECTS UTTARAKHAND WITH TIBET
PARPIK	JOINS NORTH KASHMIR WITH CHINA	ROHTANG	GATEWAY OF LAHUL-SPITI	NITI	CONNECTS UTTARAKHAND WITH TIBET
KHUNJERAB	INDO-CHINA BORDER ACCESS BETWEEN KASHMIR AND CHINA	SHIPKI LA	CONNECTS HIMACHAL PRADESH WITH CHINA THROUGH SUTLEJ GORGE	MANGSHA DHURA	CONNECTS UTTARAKHAND WITH TIBET PASSAGE FOR KAILASH-MANSAROVAR YATRA.
AGHIL	JOINS LADAKH WITH CHINA			MULING LA	CONNECTS UTTARAKHAND WITH TIBET
BANIHAL	ACROSS PIR PANJAL RANGE THE JAWAHAR TUNNEL CONNECTING LINK JAMMU IN SOUTH AND SRINAGAR IN NORTH 11 KM LONG RAILWAY LINK BETWEEN BANIHAL AND KAZIGUND.			THAGA LA	CONNECTS UTTARAKHAND WITH TIBET
BURZI LA	LIES CLOSE TO LOC CONNECTS KASHMIR WITH DEOASI PLAINS OF LADAKH			DARMA	CONNECTS UTTARAKHAND WITH TIBET
CHANG LA	CONNECTS TIBET WITH LADAKH			TRAILL	CONNECTS BAGESHWAR-PITHORAGARH
KHARDUNG LA	THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOTARABLE ROAD PASSES THROUGH IT.			SUNDARDUNGA	CONNECTS BAGESHWAR-CHAMOLI
LANAKA LA	PROVIDES PASSAGE BETWEEN LADAKH AND LEH			BARAHOTI	CONNECTS CHAMOLI WITH PITHORAGARH
PIR PANJAL	MUGHAL ROAD THE SHORTEST AND EASIEST METAL ROAD BETWEEN JAMMU AND KASHMIR			SHRINGARKANTHA	CONNECTS UTTARAKHAND WITH HIMACHAL PRADESH
ZOJI LA	LIES IN ZASKAR RANGE CONNECTS SRINAGAR TO LEH AND KARGIL NH-1D IS HERE ZOJILA TUNNEL ASIA’S SECOND LONGEST BI-DIRECTIONAL TUNNEL
QARA TAG LA	INDO-CHINA BORDER AN OFFSHOOT OF THE GREAT SILK ROUTE
IMIS LA	INDO-CHINA BORDER PASSAGE BETWEEN LADAKH’S INDIAN REGION AND TIBET IN CHINA
PENSI LA	CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN KASHMIR VALLEY AND KARGIL