Karakorumski prelaz (; ) je 5540 mSRTM podatek; številka je danes znana kot nekaj metrov nižja od številke 5578, ki jo daje Rizvi, Janet. Trans-Himalajske karavane: Trgovski knezi in kmečki trgovci v Ladaku, p. 28. 1999. Oxford University Press. New Delhi. . visok gorski prelaz med Indijo in Kitajsko v pogorju Karakorum. Je najvišji gorski prelaz na starodavni karavanski poti med Lehom v Ladaku in Jarkandom v Tarimski kotlini. Karakoram v turških jezikih dobesedno pomeni 'črni prod'.Younghusband, Francis E. The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs and Chitral, 1884-94. First published: 1897. London. Unabridged facsimile (2005): Elibron Classics Replica Edition, p. 225. London (pbk); (hbk).
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Viri Francis Younghusband: The heart of the Continent, a narrative of travels in Manchuria across the Gobi desert through the Himalayas, the Pamirs and Chitral in 1884–94. Published: 1897. London. Janet Rizvi: Ladakh: Crossroads of High Asia. 1983. Oxford University Press. Reprint: Oxford University Press, New Delhi (1996). Janet Rizvi: Trans-Himalayan Caravans: Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh. 1999. Oxford University Press. New Delhi. Jeremy Schmidt: Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India & Pakistan. 1991. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle.
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