Back Mintaka Pass CEB دەروازەی مینتاکا CKB Mingteke-Pass German Col de Mintaka French मिंटका दर्रा Hindi ミンタカ峠 Japanese മിന്റാക്ക പാസ് Malayalam Mintaka (przełęcz) Polish Mintaka Pass SIMPLE Mintaka Pass Swedish
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 A Pakistani border marker near Mintaka Pass | |
| Elevation | 4,709 metres (15,449 ft) |
| Location | China–Pakistan border |
| Range | Karakorum Mountains |
| Coordinates | 37°00′14″N 74°51′04″E / 37.0039°N 74.8511°E |
  Mintaka Pass Location of the Mintaka Pass within the greater Karakoram region  Mintaka Pass Mintaka Pass (Gilgit Baltistan) | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 明鐵蓋達坂 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 明铁盖达坂 | ||||||
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The Mintaka Pass or Mingteke Pass[1] or Mintika Pass[2](Chinese: 明铁盖达坂[3]) is a mountain pass in the Karakorum Mountains, between northern Pakistan and Xinjiang in China. In ancient times, the Mintaka Pass and the nearby Kilik Pass, 30 km (19 mi) to the west, were the two main access points into Gojal (the upper Hunza Valley) from the north. The Hunza Valley is a mountainous valley near Gilgit in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. In addition, the two passes were also the routes used to reach Chalachigu Valley and Taghdumbash Pamir from the south. The name of the pass – Mintaka means "a thousand ibex" in Kyrgyz.[4][5]
- ^ Dueck, Harold J. (1 October 2008). Uncommon Providence. Xulon Press. p. 224. ISBN 9781606478738. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
We were approaching the Mingteke Pass at 15,000 feet above sea level.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
hunzaadventuretourswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ [China-Pakistan Border Agreement] (in Chinese). 2 March 1963 – via Wikisource.
明铁盖达坂（山口）
- ^ Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara Menon (1947). Delhi-Chungking: A Travel Diary. Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. p. 48.
'the Pass of the thousand Ibex'–for that is what Mintaka means in the local language
- ^ 刘欣 (3 May 2013). "重寻玄奘之路" [Rediscover the path taken by Xuanzang] (in Chinese). 东方早报 (Dongfang Daily). Retrieved 2 February 2017.
"明铁盖"在柯尔克孜语中是"一千只公黄羊"的意思...1966年，时任新疆军区副司令员的张希钦在主持修筑中巴公路时，为避敌国空袭，放弃了巴方主张的走宽阔的明铁盖达坂的方案，而取道地势高峻的红其拉甫山口。