Karakoram Highway
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The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of as confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings. It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Gilgit–Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions and also serves as a popular tourist attraction. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, it is also referred to as the "Ninth Wonder of the World."
- Related: Attabad Lake, Edicts of Ashoka, Gilgit, Gilgit–Baltistan, Hunza Valley, Karakoram, Kashghar, Kashmir, Kashmir railway, Ladakh, Leh–Manali Highway, NH 22, National Highways of Pakistan, Pamir Highway, Shandur, Skardu, Xinjiang
| History of KKH by Brigadier (Retired) Mumtaz Khali... History of KKH by Brigadier (Retired) Mumtaz Khalid (Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers) www.historyofkkh.net - Web |
| Blankonthemap Blankonthemap blankonthemap.free.fr - Web |
| Northern Areas Development Gateway Northern Areas Development Gateway www.northernareas.org.pk - Web |
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| Pakistan's Northern Areas Pakistan's Northern Areas paknews.com/articles.php?id=1&date1=2003-04-17 - Web |
| Karakoram Highway Map Karakoram Highway Map www.johnthemap.co.uk/pages/kkh_page1.html - Web |
| A good brief description of the highway A good brief description of the highway www.lonelyplanet.com/pakistan/karakoram-highway - Web |
| Photographic Account of Journey through KKH Photographic Account of Journey through KKH www.kkh.faithweb.com - Web |
