List of mountain passes
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This is a list of mountain passes.
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[edit] Africa
- Halfaya Pass
- Moteng Pass (Lesotho)
- Mahlasela pass (Lesotho)
[edit] Asia
- Cilician Gates - Turkey
- Khunjerab Pass - Pakistan-China (highest international border crossing at 4693 m.)
- Khyber Pass- Pakistan-Afghanistan
- Kotal-e Lataband
- Kotal-e Salang
- Mungyeong Saejae - South Korea
- Usui Pass - Japan
[edit] China
- Alataw Pass
- Khunjerab Pass
- Karakoram Pass
- Kulma Pass
- Pingxingguan Pass
- Sasser Pass
- Tanggula Pass
- Torugart Pass
[edit] Hong Kong
[edit] India
- Asirgarh
- Banihal Pass
- Bara-lacha-la
- Changla Pass
- Debsa Pass
- Dongkhala
- Fatu La
- Goecha La
- Haldighati
- Jelep La
- Khardung La
- Lungalacha La
- Malakand Pass
- Nama Pass
- Namika La
- Nathu La
- Palakkad Gap
- Rohtang Pass
- Sasser Pass
- Sin La
- Tanglang La
- Traill's Pass
- Zoji Pass
[edit] Pakistan
[edit] Australasia
[edit] Australia
[edit] New Zealand
- Arthur's Pass, South Island
- Burke's Pass, South Island
- Copland Pass, South Island
- Dansey's Pass, South Island
- Haast Pass, South Island
- Hope Saddle, South Island
- Lewis Pass, South Island
- Lindis Pass, South Island
- Mackinnon Pass, South Island
- Mamaku Saddle, North Island
- Porters Pass, South Island
- Takaka Saddle, South Island
- Taupeupe Saddle, North Island
- Waituhi Saddle, North Island
- Wilmot Pass, South Island
[edit] Europe
[edit] Alps
- Col de l'Argentiere
- Arlberg Pass
- Great St. Bernard Pass
- Little St Bernard Pass
- San Bernardino Pass
- Bernina Pass
- Brenner Pass
- Fern Pass
- Flexen Pass
- Flüela Pass
- Furka Pass
- Gemmi Pass
- St. Gotthard Pass
- Julier Pass
- Klausen Pass
- Loibl Pass
- Maloja Pass
- Nufenen Pass
- Oberalp Pass
- Plöcken Pass
- Semmering
- Septimer Pass
- Col de Sestrieres
- Simplon Pass
- Splügen Pass
- Stelvio Pass (Stilfserjoch)
- Col de Tende
- Umbrail Pass
- Wurzen Pass
See also: Principal passes of the Alps, List of mountain passes in Switzerland.
[edit] Greece
[edit] Jura Mountains
[edit] Norway
- Dovrefjell
- Filefjell
- Geirangerfjellet
- Haukelifjell
- Hemsedalsfjellet
- Saltfjellet
- Sognefjell
- Valdresflye
[edit] Pyrenees
[edit] Romania
- Buzău Pass
- Predeal Pass
- Prislop Pass
- Surduc Pass
- Tihuţa Pass
- Timiş-Cerna Gap
- Turnu Roşu Pass
- Vulcan Pass
[edit] Sierra Nevada (Spain)
- Puerto del Suspiro del Moro (Pass of the Moor's Sigh)
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] North America
- Fremont Pass (California), separating the San Gabriel Mountains from the Santa Susana Mountains
- Fremont Pass (Nevada), in the Lake Range, 8 mi. NE of Pyramid Lake
- Fremont Pass (Utah)
[edit] Appalachian Mountains
[edit] Cascade Range/Thompson Plateau (British Columbia)
- Allison Pass - British Columbia
- Blewett Pass (formerly known as Swauk Pass)
- Cascade Pass - Washington
- Cayuse Pass - Washington
- Chinook Pass - Washington
- Clapperton Creek Summit - British Columbia
- Coquihalla Summit - British Columbia
- Crater Summit - Oregon
- Dead Indian Summit
- Greensprings Summit
- Lake of the Woods Summit
- Lolo Pass
- McKenzie Pass - Oregon
- Naches Pass - Washington
- Old Blewett Pass - Washington
- Pennask Summit - British Columbia
- Rainy Pass - Washington
- Santiam Pass- Oregon
- Snoqualmie Pass - Washington
- Stampede Pass - Washington
- Stevens Pass - Washington
- Sunday Summit - British Columbia
- Washington and Rainy Passes (see North Cascades Highway) - Washington
- White Pass - Washington
- Willamette Pass - Oregon
[edit] Mackenzie Mountains
- Macmillan Pass - Yukon, Northwest Territories
- Howard's Pass - Yukon, Northwest Territories
[edit] Coast Mountains
- Altamont Pass - Central California
- Chilkat Pass - British Columbia
- Chilkoot Pass - Alaska, British Columbia
- Pacheco Pass - Central California
- White Pass - Alaska, British Columbia
[edit] Rocky Mountains
- Abbot Pass - Alberta, British Columbia
- Argentine Pass - Colorado
- Beartooth Pass - Montana, Wyoming
- Berthoud Pass - Colorado
- Black Bear Pass - Colorado
- Boreas Pass - Colorado
- Buchanan Pass - Colorado
- Buffalo Pass - Colorado
- Cameron Pass - Colorado
- Chief Joseph Pass - Montana, Idaho
- Cinnamon Pass - Colorado
- Coal Bank Pass - Colorado
- Cochetopa Pass - Colorado
- Colter Pass - Montana, Wyoming
- Cottonwood Pass - Colorado
- Cotton Grass Pass - Alberta
- Craig Pass - Wyoming
- Crowsnest Pass - Alberta, British Columbia
- Dead Indian Pass - Wyoming
- Fall River Pass - Colorado
- Fremont Pass (Colorado), near Climax, Colorado
- Gore Pass - Colorado
- Granite Pass - Wyoming
- Guanella Pass - Colorado
- Hagerman Pass - Colorado
- Howse Pass - Alberta, British Columbia
- Hoosier Pass - Colorado
- Independence Pass - Colorado
- Imogene Pass - Colorado
- Jonas Pass - Alberta
- Jones Pass - Colorado
- Jones Pass - Alberta
- Kenosha Pass - Colorado
- Kicking Horse Pass - Alberta, British Columbia
- La Poudre Pass - Colorado
- Logan Pass - Montana
- Lolo Pass - Montana, Idaho
- Lookout Pass - Montana, Idaho
- Loveland Pass - Colorado
- MacDonald Pass - Montana
- Marshall Pass - Colorado
- McClure Pass - Colorado
- Milner Pass - Colorado
- Molar Pass - Alberta
- Molas Pass - Colorado
- Monarch Pass - Colorado
- Monida Pass - Idaho, Montana
- Mosca Pass - Colorado
- Mosquito Pass - Colorado
- Muddy Pass - Colorado
- Nez Perce Pass - Idaho, Montana
- North Molar Pass - Alberta
- Peace River Pass - British Columbia
- Pearl Pass - Colorado
- Poncha Pass - Colorado
- Powder River Pass - Wyoming
- Ptarmigan Pass - Colorado
- Rabbit Ears Pass - Colorado
- Raton Pass - Colorado
- Red Cone Pass - Colorado
- Red Hill Pass - Colorado
- Red Mountain Pass - Colorado
- Rogers Pass - Montana
- Rollins Pass - Colorado
- Scofield Pass - Colorado
- Shrine Pass - Colorado
- South Pass - Wyoming
- Sylvan Pass - Wyoming
- Targhee Pass - Montana, Idaho
- Taylor Pass - Colorado
- Tennessee Pass - Colorado
- Teton Pass - Wyoming, Idaho
- Togwotee Pass - Wyoming
- Trout Creek Pass - Colorado
- Tumbling Pass - British Columbia
- Two Ocean Pass - Wyoming
- Ute Pass - Colorado
- Vail Pass - Colorado
- Vermilion Pass - Alberta, British Columbia
- Wilkerson Pass - Colorado
- Willow Creek Pass - Colorado
- Wolf Creek Pass - Colorado
- Yellowhead Pass - Alberta, British Columbia
- Yellow Jacket Pass - Colorado
Trail Ridge Road includes Milner Pass (10,120 ft/3,085 m), but elsewhere attains an elevation of 12,183 ft (3,713 m), making it the highest through paved road in the United States.
[edit] Selkirk Mountains
- Rogers Pass - British Columbia
[edit] Sierra Nevada
[edit] Tehachapis
[edit] South America
[edit] Andes
- Paso Agua Negra, Chile-Argentina (connects between La Serena and San José de Jachal)
- Paso Cardenal Samoré (Formerly know as Puyehue), Chile-Argentina (connects between Osorno and San Carlos de Bariloche)
- Paso Carirriñe, Chile-Argentina (connects between Panguipulli and Junín de los Andes)
- Paso Chungará, Chile-Bolivia (connects between Arica and La Paz)
- Paso Colchane - Pisigua, Chile-Bolivia (connects between Iquique and Oruro)
- Paso Derecho, Chile-Argentina (connects between Los Ángeles and Zapala)
- Paso Futalefú, Chile-Argentina (connects between Chaitén and Esquel)
- Paso Huahum, Chile-Argentina (connects between Panguipulli and San Martín de los Andes)
- Paso Jama, Chile-Argentina (connects between San Pedro de Atacama and San Salvador de Jujuy)
- Paso Libertadores, Chile-Argentina (connects between Santiago and Mendoza)
- Paso Mamuil Malal, Chile-Argentina (connects between Pucón and Junín de los Andes)
- Paso Pérez Rosales, Chile-Argentina (connects between Puerto Varas and San Carlos de Bariloche)
- Paso Pino Hachado, Chile-Argentina (connects between Temuco and Zapala)
- Paso Pircas Negras, Chile-Argentina (connects between Copiapó and Chilecito)
- Paso Río Encuentro, Chile-Argentina (connects between Palena and Tecka)
- Paso Roballo, Chile-Argentina (connects between Cochrane and Bajo Caracoles)
- Paso San Francisco, Chile-Argentina (connects between Copiapó and Tinogasta)
- Paso el Condor, Mérida State, Venezuela. Also known as Pico el Águila
[edit] Chilean Coast Range
- Contulmo Pass, Nahuelbuta Range (connects between Contulmo and Purén)