Tegermansu Pass
Tegermansu Pass or Tigarman Su Pass (Kotal-e Tegermansu, Chinese: 托克满苏山口) is a closed mountain pass on the border between Afghanistan and China in Wakhan Corridor, in the Hindu Kush — Pamir mountain range. It is located between the Tegermansu Valley on the eastern end of the Little Pamir and Chalachigu Valley in Xinjiang, China. Historically, it was one of the three routes between China and Wakhan.
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Kyrgyz camp near Tegermansu Pass as captured by Aurel Stein | |
| Elevation | 4,827 metres (15,837 ft) |
| Location | Wakhan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan - Taxkorgan, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China |
| Range | Pamir Mountains |
| Coordinates | 37.22356°N 74.87436°E |
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| Traditional Chinese | 托克滿蘇達坂 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 托克满苏达板 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 托克滿素達坂 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 托克满素达坂 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鐵蓋滿蘇山口 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 铁盖满苏山口 | ||||||
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On Chinese side, there is a Chinese border post in the valley below. There have been proposals and plans by Kashgar regional government to open this pass as a port of entry for economic purposes since the 1990s. However, this has yet to happen.
Tegerman Su is the name of the river valley on the Afghan side, easternmost part of Afghanistan. During the late 2000s, due to lawlessness, the Kirghiz in Afghanistan reported robbery and theft in Little Pamir by bandits from Tajikistan.
- Stylized horse and bird, Tomb of Tegermansu I, Eastern Pamirs, Tajikistan, 4th century BCE
- Map of Afghanistan-China Boundary including Tegermansu Pass (labeled as TĪGARMAN SŪ DAVĀN) (1969)