Burzil Pass
| Burzil Pass | ||
|---|---|---|
Elevation 4,100 m (13,451 ft)[2] | | |
| Length | 46 miles (74 km) | |
| Location | Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan | |
| Range | Himalayas | |
| Coordinates | 34°54′00″N 75°06′00″E / 34.90000°N 75.10000°E[1] | |
  Location in Gilgit−Baltistan | ||
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The Burzil Pass (el. 4,100 m (13,500 ft))
It is the oldest-known route connecting Gilgit with Skardu and Srinagar through the Deosai Plateau. Ancient travellers are believed to have extensively crossed the pass by horse. At the beginning of the 20th century, a hut was built on the crest of the pass, where couriers delivered mail and messages from India to China.[5]
The city of Gilgit is located some 367 kilometres (228 mi)[3] from Srinagar by road via the Burzil Pass above the northern banks of Wular Lake and Gurez in the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[6]
Popular culture
- American naturalist and author William Douglas Burden described crossing the Burzil Pass in the chapter "Savage Abadabur" of his book, Look to the Wilderness.[7]
References
- ^ GeoNames.org. "Burzil Pass".
- ^ "Burzil Pass, a hairpinned climb in Pakistan". www.dangerousroads.org. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-543-91776-8. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ISSN 1579-4377. Archived from the originalon 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ "The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu, Chapter on the Western Regions from Hou Hanshu 88, The Kingdom of Wuyishanli 烏弋山離 (Kandahar, including Arachosia and Drangiana), 2nd ed". John Hill (translation, notes, appendices). September 2003.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ISBN 978-81-85880-31-0. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ Burden, W. Douglas (1956). Look to the Wilderness. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 145–165.
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