Irshad Pass

Irshad Pass
Elevation	4,977 m (16,329 ft)
Location	Afghanistan–Pakistan border
Range	Karakoram
Coordinates	36°52′44″N 74°8′27″E

Map of the Wakhan Corridor

Irshad Pass (elevation 4,977 metres (16,329 ft)), also called Ershād Yūvīn, Yirshod Wuyin, Irshad Urween, Irshād Uwin Pass, Kotale Ers̄āḏ Owīn, or Kowtal-e Ershād Owīn, is a high mountain pass that connects the Chapursan river valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan with the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan.[1]

According to a map in the National Geographic Magazine, the elevation of Irshad Pass is slightly higher than the figure given above, at 4,979 m. (16,335 ft.) The National Geographic article mentions that the nomadic Kyrgyz people of the Wakhan Corridor, who total only about 1,100, cross the Irshad Pass in spring and autumn to trade animals for supplies at Babaghundi Ziarat in north-western Hunza, Pakistan.[2]

References

1. GeoNames. "Kowtal-e Ershād Owīn". Retrieved 22 June 2009.
2. "Stranded on the Roof of the World." Michael Finkel. National Geographic Magazine, February, 2013, pp. 84-111.