Kirgizjangal Pass

Kekeate Pass
Kekeate Pass
Traditional Chinese	柯克阿特達坂
Simplified Chinese	柯克阿特达坂
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Kēkèā'ěrtè Dábǎn
Heiqiazi Daban
Traditional Chinese	黑卡子達坂
Simplified Chinese	黑卡子达坂
Literal meaning	Black hairpin pass
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hēiqiǎzi Dábǎn
Heiqia Pass
Traditional Chinese	黑恰達坂
Simplified Chinese	黑恰达坂
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hēiqià Dábǎn

Kirgizjangal Pass
(Kekeate Pass)
(Heiqiazi Pass)
Kirgizjangal Pass; (Kekeate Pass); (Heiqiazi Pass)
Heika/Heiqia Pass
	Westbound view with the many hairpin turns
Elevation	4,909 m (16,106 ft)
Traversed by	G219
Location	Kargilik County and Hotan County in Xinjiang, China
Range	Kunlun Mountains
Coordinates	36°25′52″N 77°34′44″E / 36.431°N 77.579°E
	Kirgizjangal Pass; (Kekeate Pass); (Heiqiazi Pass)

Kekeate Pass^[1]^[2] (Chinese: 柯克阿特达坂; pinyin: Kēkèā'ěrtè Dábǎn), also refer to it as Heiqiazi Pass, Heika Pass or Heiqia Daban^[hqz](Chinese: 黑卡子达坂; pinyin: Hēiqiǎzi Dábǎn; lit. 'black hairpin pass') is a mountain pass along the China National Highway 219 with numerous hairpin turns.^[3] The mountain pass connects the Yarkand River valley to the west with the Karakash River valley to the east. Located at 309 kilometres (192 mi) from the northern terminus of the G219 highway,^[4] it is between the village of Mazar in Kargilik County and the town of Xaidulla in Hotan County near the boundary of the two counties. Western sources often known it as as Kirgizjangal Pass,^[5]

^ Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology (1992). Proceedings of the Symposium on Mountain Glaciology relating to Human Activity held at Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, 26-30 August 1991. International Glaciological Society. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-946417-08-7. Kekeate Pass
^ Frank van Rijn (2007). De gouden capuchon (in German). Uitgeverij Elmar. p. 51. ISBN 978-90-389-1729-0. Kekeate-La
^ "Kirgizjangal Pass". dangerousroads.org. Retrieved 28 January 2020. Kirgizjangal Pass ... The road to the summit is called 219 National Road, also known as Tibet-Xinjiang Highway. Construction of this road started in 1951, was completed in 1957 and fully paved with asphalt in 2013. ... It's a great climb with many switchbacks.
^ Cite error: The named reference buzhiqixing_d5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Stephen Lioy; Bradley Mayhew; Megan Eaves (1 May 2019). Lonely Planet Tibet. Lonely Planet Global Limited. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-78868-583-2. The road turns east and climbs over the Kirgizjangal Pass (4930m) to the large village of Xaidulla (Sai Tula; 3700m)

[Geocryology1992-1] Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology (1992). Proceedings of the Symposium on Mountain Glaciology relating to Human Activity held at Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, 26-30 August 1991. International Glaciological Society. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-946417-08-7. Kekeate Pass

[Rijn2007-2] Frank van Rijn (2007). De gouden capuchon (in German). Uitgeverij Elmar. p. 51. ISBN 978-90-389-1729-0. Kekeate-La

[3] "Kirgizjangal Pass". dangerousroads.org. Retrieved 28 January 2020. Kirgizjangal Pass ... The road to the summit is called 219 National Road, also known as Tibet-Xinjiang Highway. Construction of this road started in 1951, was completed in 1957 and fully paved with asphalt in 2013. ... It's a great climb with many switchbacks.

[buzhiqixing_d5-4] Cite error: The named reference buzhiqixing_d5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[PlanetLioy2019-5] Stephen Lioy; Bradley Mayhew; Megan Eaves (1 May 2019). Lonely Planet Tibet. Lonely Planet Global Limited. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-78868-583-2. The road turns east and climbs over the Kirgizjangal Pass (4930m) to the large village of Xaidulla (Sai Tula; 3700m)

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