Kamchik Pass
| Kamchik Pass | |
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Kamchik Pass | |
| Elevation | 2,268 m (7,441 ft) |
| Location | Uzbekistan |
| Range | Qurama Mountains |
| Coordinates | 41°06′00.0″N 70°31′4.0″E / 41.100000°N 70.517778°ECoordinates: 41°06′00.0″N 70°31′4.0″E / 41.100000°N 70.517778°E |
  Location within Uzbekistan | |
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The Kamchik Pass (Uzbek: Kamchiq dovoni; Russian: Камчик) is a mountain pass in the Qurama Mountains in eastern Uzbekistan. The pass provides a strategically important route as an access for ground transport traveling between the Tashkent and Namangan Regions in the Fergana Valley bypassing neighboring Tajikistan. It connects the capital city of Tashkent with Osh, the second-largest city in neighboring Kyrgyzstan. The peak of the pass reaches 2,268 metres (7,441 ft) above sea level.[1]
Route
The Tashkent-Osh (A373) international highway now winds through the pass. Approximately 10,000 to 15,000 vehicles travel through the Kamchik Pass each day.[2]
Weather
The Kamchik Pass is frequently closed in the winter due to avalanche hazards. Mudslides and landslides are also threats to vehicles along the route and the nearby villages. In February 2015, the United Nations Development Programme announced it would help aid a disaster risk-reduction project for the Kamchik Pass. The plan is to improve an early warning monitoring system, emergency assistance and education for the people living in remote and rural disaster-prone regions nearby.[2]
Railway pass
Main article: Angren-Pap railway line
In March 2013, Uzbek Railways announced plans to build a new railway through the Kamchik Pass, which will allow freight traffic to bypass neighboring Tajikistan.
References
- ↑ "Транспортное сообщение через перевал Камчик открыто (фоторепортаж)". Fergana News (in Russian). 5 February 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Disaster Risk Reduction in “Kamchik” Pass". United Nations Development Programme. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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