List of mountain passes explained
This is a list of mountain passes.
Africa
Egypt
Lesotho
Morocco
South Africa
Asia
Afghanistan
China
Hong Kong
See main article: List of gaps in Hong Kong.
India
Japan
- Usui Pass between Nagano and Gunma Prefectures
See: List of mountain passes in Kyrgyzstan
Nepal
See main article: List of mountain passes of Nepal.
- Thorong La 5416 m. Annapurna Circuit Region
- West col 6135 m. Makalu Barun
- East Col 6100 m. Makalu Barun
- Sherpani Col Makalu Barun
- Cho La 5420 m. Mount EverestRegion
- Larky Pass 5213 m. Manaslu
- Kagmara La 5115 m. Southern Dolpo
- Ganja La 5106 m. Langtang Helambu Region
- Meso Kanta 5089 m. Annapurna Region
- Khangla Pass 5320 m. (Annapurna manang region)
- Khongma La Pass 5535m (Everest Khumbu Region)
- Renjo La Pass 5360m (Everest Khumbu Region)
Pakistan
South Korea
| Name | Height (m) | Between/Separating | Note |
|---|
| | | footpath only |
| 548 | | bypass of Saejae |
| 696 | | |
| 200 | | |
| 832 | | |
| 826 | | |
| | | |
| 520 | | |
| 503 | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | Jijidae Derby | |
Tajikistan
Turkey
Uzbekistan
Australasia
Australia
New Zealand
| Name | Island | Height(m) |
|---|
| | 920 |
| | 703 |
| | 2,150 |
| | 1,076 (Highest alpine pass(sealed)) |
| | 935 |
| | 163 |
| | 1,074 |
| | c.330 |
| | c.200 |
| | 150 |
| | 562 |
| | 555 |
| | 634 |
| | 1,347 (Highest alpine pass(gravel)) |
| Jollie's Pass (Canterbury) | | N/A |
| Jollies Pass (Southland) | | N/A |
| | 840 |
| | 971 |
| | 1,140 |
| | N/A |
| Manawatū Gorge | | N/A |
| | N/A |
| | 946 |
| | 247 |
| | 680 |
| | N/A |
| | 555 |
| | 791 |
| | N/A |
| | 632 |
| | N/A |
| | N/A |
| | 1,145 |
| | N/A |
| | 196 |
| | 671 |
|
Europe
Alps
See also: Principal passes of the Alps and List of mountain passes in Switzerland.
| Name | Location | Height(m) |
|---|
| | |
| Slovakia | |
| Romania | align=right | 642 |
| Slovakia | align=right | 1,232 |
| Slovakia | align=right | 960 |
| Poland, Slovakia | align=right | 502 |
| Slovakia | |
| Romania | align=right | 1,000+ |
| Romania | align=right | 1,416 |
| Slovakia | |
| Romania | |
| Slovakia | |
| Romania | align=right | 1,201 |
| Romania | |
| Transalpina Pass | | align=right | 2,142 |
| Transfăgărășan Pass | Romania | align=right | 2,035 |
| Romania | align=right | 352 |
| | |
| | |
| Slovakia | align=right | 765 |
| Ukraine | align=right | 1,014 |
| Romania | | |
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
- Durmitor Pass
- Lovcen Pass
Norway
Norway/Sweden
Portugal
Great Britain
See:
- Mountain passes of England
North America
Alaska
- Appalachian Gap – Vermont
- Ashby Gap – Virginia
- Balsam Gap – North Carolina
- Brock Gap – Alabama
- Brocks Gap – Virginia
- Buck Creek Gap – North Carolina
- Buford's Gap – Virginia
- Bull Gap – North Carolina
- Carmans Notch – New York
- Chester Gap – Virginia
- Clarke's Gap – Virginia
- Cowee Gap – North Carolina
- Craven Gap – North Carolina
- Crawford Notch – New Hampshire
- Cumberland Gap – Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky
- Cumberland Narrows – Maryland
- Deals Gap – North Carolina, Tennessee
- Deep Notch – New York
- Delaware Water Gap – Pennsylvania, New Jersey
- Diamond Notch – New York
- Dixville Notch – New Hampshire
- Evans Notch – Maine
- Fishers Gap – Virginia
- Franconia Notch – New Hampshire
- Gillespie Gap – North Carolina
- Goshen Pass – Virginia
- Grafton Notch – Maine
- Grandmother Gap – North Carolina
- Granville Notch – Vermont
- Hazen's Notch – Vermont
- Hillsboro Gap – Virginia
- Hobart Gap – New Jersey
- James River Gorge – Virginia
- Jarman Gap – Virginia
- Kancamagus Pass – New Hampshire
- Keyes Gap – Virginia, West Virginia
- Kinsman Notch – New Hampshire
- Lehigh Gap – Pennsylvania
- Lincoln Gap – Vermont
- Mahoosuc Notch – Maine
- Manassas Gap – Virginia
- Mechanicsburg Gap – West Virginia
- Middlebury Gap – Vermont
- Moccasin Gap – Virginia
- Monterey Pass – Pennsylvania
- New Market Gap – Virginia
- Newfound Gap – Tennessee, North Carolina
- Pinkham Notch – New Hampshire
- Potomac Water Gap – Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
- Pound Gap – Kentucky, Virginia
- Rockfish Gap – Virginia
- Schuylkill Gap – Pennsylvania
- Sherburne Pass – Vermont
- Skinners Gap – West Virginia
- Smugglers Notch – Vermont
- Snickers Gap – Virginia
- Soco Gap – North Carolina
- Stony Clove Notch – New York
- Swatara Gap – Pennsylvania
- Swift Run Gap – Virginia
- Thornton Gap – Virginia
- Thoroughfare Gap – Virginia
- Wilson Gap – Virginia, West Virginia
- Zealand Notch – New Hampshire
- Ash Pass – British Columbia
- Athelney Pass – British Columbia (Pacific Ranges)
- Cayoosh Pass – British Columbia (Lillooet Ranges/Cayoosh Range)
- Chilkat Pass – British Columbia
- Chilkoot Pass – Alaska, British Columbia
- Deception Pass – British Columbia (Coast Mountains/Rainbow Range)
- Elbow Pass – British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges)
- Gnat Pass – British Columbia
- Griswold Pass – British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges)
- Grizzly Pass – British Columbia (Pacific Ranges/Chilcotin Ranges)
- Heckman Pass – British Columbia (technically in the Rainbow Range, which is not Coast Mountains but Chilcotin Plateau)
- Iron Pass – British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges)
- Lindquist Pass – British Columbia (Kitimat Ranges)
- Lord Pass – British Columbia (Pacific Ranges)
- McCuish Pass – British Columbia (Kitimat Ranges)
- McGillivray Pass – British Columbia (Bendor Range/Cadwallader Range)
- Mission Pass – British Columbia (Pacific Ranges)
- Pemberton Pass – British Columbia (Pacific Ranges/Lillooet Ranges)
- Railroad Pass (aka Railway Pass) – British Columbia (Pacific Ranges)
- Singing Pass – British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges)
- Raindoor Pass – British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges)
- Surel Pass – British Columbia (Kitimat Ranges)
- Ring Pass – British Columbia (Pacific Ranges)
- Taylor Pass – British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges)
- Tyoax Pass – British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges)
- Warner Pass – British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges)
- Wedge Pass – British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges)
- White Pass – Alaska, British Columbia
- Wolverine Pass – British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges)
- Wolverine Pass – British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges)
- Macmillan Pass – Yukon, Northwest Territories
- Howard's Pass – Yukon, Northwest Territories
See main article: List of passes of the Rocky Mountains.
- Abbot Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Arapaho Pass, Front Range, Colorado[1]
- Arapaho Pass, Rabbit Ears Range, Colorado[1]
- Argentine Pass, Colorado[1]
- Athabasca Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Badger Pass, Montana
- Bald Mountain Pass, Utah
- Banner Summit, Idaho
- Bannock Pass, Idaho and Montana[1]
- Beartooth Pass, Wyoming
- Beaver Pass, British Columbia
- Berthoud Pass, Colorado[1]
- Big Hole Pass, Montana
- Big Mountain Pass, Utah
- Black Bear Pass, Colorado
- Boreas Pass, Colorado[1]
- Boulder-Grand Pass, Colorado[1]
- Bozeman Pass, Montana
- Bridger Pass, Wyoming[1]
- Buchanan Pass, Colorado[1]
- Buffalo Pass, Colorado[1]
- Bush Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Cameron Pass, Colorado
- Carcajou Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Cerro Summit, Colorado
- Chief Joseph Pass, Idaho and Montana[1]
- Coal Bank Pass, Colorado
- Cochetopa Pass, Colorado[1]
- Cordova Pass, Colorado
- Cottonwood Pass, Colorado[1]
- Craig Pass, Wyoming[1]
- Crowsnest Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Cucharas Pass, Colorado
- Cumbres Pass, Colorado
- Currant Creek Pass, Colorado
- Dallas Divide, Colorado
- Dead Indian Pass, Wyoming
- Douglas Pass, Colorado
- Dunraven Pass, Wyoming
- Elbow Pass, Alberta
- Elk Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Fall River Pass, Colorado
- Fourth of July Summit, Idaho
- Fraser Pass, British Columbia
- Fremont Pass, Colorado[1]
- Galena Summit, Idaho
- Georgia Pass, Colorado
- Geyser Pass, Utah
- Gibbons Pass, Montana[1]
- Glorieta Pass, New Mexico
- Gore Pass, Colorado
- Grand Mesa Summit, Colorado
- Granite Pass, Wyoming
- Guanella Pass, Colorado
- Hagerman Pass, Colorado[1]
- Halfmoon Pass, Colorado
- Hancock Pass, Colorado
- Hardscrabble Pass, Colorado
- Highwood Pass, Alberta
- Homestake Pass, Montana[1]
- Hoosier Pass, Colorado[1]
- Howse Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Imogene Pass, Colorado
- Independence Pass, Colorado[1]
- Jarvis Pass, British Columbia[1]
- Jones Pass, Colorado[1]
- Kakwa Pass, British Columbia[1]
- Kebler Pass, Colorado
- Kenosha Pass, Colorado
- Kicking Horse Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Kingman Pass, Wyoming
- Kings Hill Pass, Montana
- Kokomo Pass, Colorado[1]
- La Manga Pass, Colorado
- La Poudre Pass, Colorado[1]
- La Veta Pass, Colorado
- Lake Pass, Colorado[1]
- Lemhi Pass, Idaho and Montana[1]
- Lewis and Clark Pass, Montana[1]
- Lizard Head Pass, Colorado
- Logan Pass, Montana[1]
- Lolo Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Lookout Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Lost Trail Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Loveland Pass, Colorado[1]
- MacDonald Pass, Montana
- Marias Pass, Montana[1]
- Marshall Pass, Colorado[1]
- McClure Pass, Colorado
- McGregor Pass, British Columbia[1]
- Milner Pass, Colorado[1]
- Molas Pass, Colorado
- Monarch Pass, Colorado[1]
- Monida Pass, Idaho and Montana[1]
- Monkman Pass, British Columbia
- Monument Hill, Colorado
- Mores Creek Summit, Idaho
- Mosca Pass, Colorado
- Mosquito Pass, Colorado
- Muddy Pass, Colorado[1]
- Mullan Pass, Montana[1]
- Muncho Pass, British Columbia
- Nez Perce Pass, Idaho and Montana
- North La Veta Pass, Colorado
- North Pass, Colorado[1]
- Ohio Pass, Colorado
- Old Monarch Pass, Colorado[1]
- Old Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado[1]
- Original Monarch Pass, Colorado[1]
- Palliser Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Palmer Saddle, Colorado
- Pawnee Pass, Colorado[1]
- Phillips Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Pine Pass, British Columbia[1]
- Piper Pass, Alberta
- Pipestone Pass, Montana[1]
- Poncha Pass, Colorado
- Powder River Pass, Wyoming
- Ptarmigan Pass, Front Range, Colorado[1]
- Ptarmigan Pass, Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado[1]
- Raton Pass, Colorado and New Mexico
- Raynolds Pass, Idaho and Montana[1]
- Red Hill Pass, Colorado
- Red Mountain Pass, Colorado
- Red Rock Pass, Idaho
- Rogers Pass, Colorado[1]
- Rogers Pass, Montana[1]
- Rollins Pass, Colorado[1]
- Sangre de Cristo Pass, Colorado
- Schofield Pass, Colorado
- Searle Pass, Colorado
- Shrine Pass, Colorado
- Sifton Pass, British Columbia
- Simpson Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Sinclair Pass, British Columbia
- Slumgullion Summit, Colorado
- Smuts Pass, Alberta
- Soldier Summit, Utah
- South Pass, Wyoming[1]
- Spring Creek Pass, Colorado[1]
- Spring Valley Summit, Idaho
- Stone Man Pass, Colorado
- Stony Pass, Colorado
- Summit Pass, British Columbia
- Sunset Pass, Alberta
- Sunwapta Pass, Alberta
- Sylvan Pass, Wyoming
- Targhee Pass, Idaho and Montana[1]
- Tennessee Pass, Colorado
- Teton Pass, Wyoming
- Thompson Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Togwotee Pass, Wyoming
- Tonquin Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Trail Ridge High Point, Colorado
- Trout Creek Pass, Colorado
- Two Ocean Pass, Wyoming[1]
- Unaweep Divide, Colorado
- Ute Pass, Colorado
- Vail Pass, Colorado
- Vasquez Pass, Colorado[1]
- Vermilion Pass, Alberta and British Columbia[1]
- Wapiti Pass, British Columbia
- Webster Pass, Colorado
- White Bird Hill Summit, Idaho
- Wilkerson Pass, Colorado
- Willow Creek Pass, Colorado[1]
- Willow Creek Pass, Montana
- Wind River Pass, Colorado
- Windy Pass, Colorado
- Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado[1]
- Wolverine Pass, British Columbia
- Yellowhead Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Yellowjacket Pass, Colorado
- Argonaut Pass – British Columbia
- Asulkan Pass – British Columbia
- Rogers Pass – British Columbia
- Kootenay Pass – British Columbia
- Retallack Pass aka Zincton Pass – British Columbia
See also: List of Sierra Nevada road passes.
Other
South America
Andes
Northern Andes
-
- Papallacta Pass, Ecuador – 4,200 metres (13,766 feet)
Central Andes
- Abra de Porculla, Peru (connects between Olmos and Marañón) — 2137m (7,011feet), lowest pass in the Andes
- Ticlio, Peru — 4818m (15,807feet)
- Paso Chungará, Chile–Bolivia (on road 11 and 4, connects between Arica and La Paz) — 4680m (15,350feet)
- Paso Colchane – Pisigua, Chile–Bolivia (on road 15 and 12, connects between Iquique and Oruro) — 3710m (12,170feet)
Southern Andes
- Abra del Acay, Salta Province, Argentina (connects between La Poma and San Antonio de los Cobres) — 4972m (16,312feet) (3.09 miles high)
- Abra de Chorillos, Salta Province, Argentina (connects between San Antonio de los Cobres and Caucharí)
- Paso de Agua Negra, Chile–Argentina (connects between La Serena and San José de Jachal)
- Paso Cardenal Samoré (Formerly known as Puyehue), Chile–Argentina (connects between Osorno and San Carlos de Bariloche) — 1314m (4,311feet)
- Paso Carirriñe, Chile–Argentina (connects between Panguipulli and Junín de los Andes) — 1176m (3,858feet)
- 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) — 659m (2,162feet)
- Paso de Ipela, Chile–Argentina (connects between Futrono and San Martín de los Andes) — ≈ 1400m (4,600feet)
- Paso de Jama, Chile–Argentina (connects between San Pedro de Atacama and Susques) — ≈ 4200m (13,800feet)
- Paso Libertadores, Chile–Argentina (connects between Santiago and Mendoza) — ≈ 3200m (10,500feet)
- Uspallata Pass, Chile–Argentina (connects between Santiago and Mendoza) — ≈ 3810m (12,500feet)
- Paso Mamuil Malal, Chile–Argentina (connects between Pucón and Junín de los Andes)
- Paso Pampa Alta (also known as Puesto Viejo), Chile–Argentina (connects between Coihaique and Alto Río Senguer) — 865m (2,838feet)
- Paso Pehuenche, Chile–Argentina (connects between San Clemente and Bardas Blancas)
- Paso Pérez Rosales, Chile–Argentina (connects between Puerto Varas and San Carlos de Bariloche)
- Paso Pino Hachado, Chile–Argentina (connects between Temuco and Zapala) — 1884m (6,181feet)
- 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 Fiambalá) — 4748m (15,577feet)
- Paso de Sico, Chile–Argentina (connects between Socaire and Catua) — 4092m (13,425feet)
- Chile Route 23 — 4580m (15,030feet)
- Chile Route 27 — 4831m (15,850feet)
Other
See also
Notes and References
- This pass lies on the Continental Divide of the Americas.
