This is a list of mountain passes. Thorung_La

Africa

Egypt

Halfaya Pass Halfaya Pass ( ar, ممر حلفيا, translit=Mamarr Ḥalfayā ) is in northwest Egypt, 11.5 kilometres east of the border with Libya and 7.5 kilometres south of the other, more major pass in the ridge today. A high, narrow escarpment extends ...

(near Libya)

Lesotho

* Moteng Pass * Mahlasela pass *

Sani Pass Sani Pass is a mountain pass located in the West of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on the road between Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal and Mokhotlong, Lesotho. The pass traverses the Great Escarpment of southern Africa in its highest region, the Drak ...

Morocco

* Tizi n'Tichka

South Africa

Eastern Cape Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. List of Passes in the Eastern Cape province {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Location ! Highest Point ! Road ! B ...

Western Cape Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Western Cape province, South Africa. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" , - ! Name ! Location ! Crosses ! Highest Point m ! Road ! Between towns ! Road surface ...

Northern Cape Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Northern Cape province, South Africa. See Mountain Passes of South Africa {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Location ! Crosses ! Highest Point (m) ! ...

KwaZulu Natal Passes This is a list of publicly accessible passes in the KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. List of passes in the KwaZulu-Natal province See also * List of mountain passes of South Africa References {{Reflist * KwaZulu KwaZulu was a semi-i ...

Free State Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Free State Province, South Africa. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Location ! Crosses ! Highest Point (m) ! Road ! Between towns ! Road surface , - , ...

Limpopo Province Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. See Mountain Passes of South Africa {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Location ! Crosses ! Highest Point (m) ! Road ! B ...

Mpumalanga Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa. See Mountain Passes of South Africa {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Location ! Road ! Crosses ! Highest Point (m) ...

Gauteng Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Gauteng Province, South Africa. See Mountain Passes of South Africa {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Location ! Crosses ! Highest Point (m) ! Road ! B ...

Northwest Province Passes This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the North West Province, South Africa. See Mountain Passes of South Africa {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Location ! Crosses ! Highest Point (m) ! Road ...

* Swartberg Pass (Western Cape) *

Lootsberg Pass Lootsberg Pass (English: Pilot's Mountain), is situated in Sneeuberge, Eastern Cape, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coa ...

Asia

Afghanistan

Broghol Broghil, also spelled Broghol, elevation , is a high mountain pass along the Durand Line border that crosses the Hindu Kush mountain range and connects Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan with Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkh ...

Pass to Pakistan *

Dorah Pass Dorah Pass, also called ''Durah Pass'', connects Badakshan Province of Afghanistan with Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Dorah Pass is more than high. It is located along the Durand Line border and crosses the Hindu Kush moun ...

to Pakistan *

Hajigak Pass The Hajigak Pass ( haz, حاجیگک ''hajji gak'' 'little pilgrim') is a mountain pass of Afghanistan. It is situated at a height of above sea-level in the northern part of Maidan Wardak province, connecting it with Bamyan province to the northw ...

Khost-Gardez Pass The Khost-Gardez Pass, frequently abbreviated as the K-G Pass, and known locally as the Seti-Kandow Pass, or the Satukandav Pass by Soviet forces, is the main land route connecting Khost, the capital of Khost Province, and Gardez, the capital o ...

* Khyber Pass to Pakistan *

Kotal-e Khushk Kōtal-e Khushk ( ar, کوتل خشک), also called Ąaćbaną and Kōtal-e Darband, is a mountain pass in Daykundi Province, central Afghanistan.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a ...

Kushan Pass The Kushan Pass or Kaoshan Pass (el. about 4,370 m or 14,340 ft) is a mountain pass just west of the famous Salang Pass (3,878 m. or 12,723 ft.) in the Hindu Kush mountain range of northern Afghanistan. These two passes provided the most ...

linking northern Afghanistan to the region. *

Lataband Pass The Lataband Pass or Kotal-e Latah Band, in pashto کوتل لته بند, (elevation: ) is a mountain pass connecting Kabul and Jalalabad on the way to Pakistan in the Karkacha hills between Seh Baba and Butkhak in the Hindukush Range. The name, ...

Tang-e Gharu Tang-e Gharu, also known as Tang-e Gharo (Pashto: تنگ غارو), is a gorge and a mountain pass in the Hindu Kush mountain range of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. The Kabul River passes through the gorge, flowing eastward. The Kabul–Jalalabad ...

is a gorge which links Afghanistan with Pakistan *

Salang Pass The Salang Pass ( ps, د سالنګ لاره; prs, كتل سالنگ ''Kutal-i Salang'', el. ) is the primary mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan with Parwan Province, with onward connections to Kabul Province, southern Afghanistan, ...

crosses the

Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...

linking Kabul with northern Afghanistan - nowadays through a tunnel. *

Wakhjir Pass The Wakhjir Pass,Ludwig W. Adamec. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. Graz : Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972.p. 185. also spelled Vakhjir Pass, is a mountain pass in t ...

to China

China

Pingxingguan Pass Pingxing Pass () is a mountain pass in the Shanxi Province of China. There is a section of the Great Wall of China there. The Battle of Pingxingguan was fought here between the National Revolutionary Army's 8th Route Army of the Republic of Ch ...

, Shanxi *

Jiayu Pass Jiayu Pass or () is the first frontier fortress at the west end of the Ming dynasty Great Wall, near the city of Jiayuguan in Gansu province. Along with Juyong Pass and Shanhai Pass, it is one of the main passes of the Great Wall. In the Min ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Jianmen Pass Jianmen Pass () is a mountain pass located southwest of the city of Guangyuan in Sichuan province. It has also been called "Jianmenguan Pass"; however, that form is redundant since ''guan'' means "pass" in Chinese. Location Jianmen Pass is loca ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Niangzi Pass Niangzi Pass (), also called the Ladies' Pass, is a mountain pass west of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province in North China. One of the major passages from Shanxi Province to Hebei Province across the Taihang Mountains, it is west of Sh ...

, Border between Shanxi and

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

Yanmen Pass Yanmen Pass, also known by its Chinese name Yanmenguan and as Xixingguan, is a mountain pass which includes three fortified gatehouses along the Great Wall of China. The area was a strategic choke point in ancient and medieval China, contro ...

, Shanxi *

Alataw Pass The Dzungarian Gate (or Altai Gap or Altay Gap) is a geographically and historically significant mountain pass between China and Central Asia. It has been described as the "one and only gateway in the mountain-wall which stretches from Manchuria ...

to Kazakhstan * Dongkhala to India *

Jelep La Jelep La (; ) elevation , is a high mountain pass between Sikkim, India and Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is on a route that connects Lhasa to India. The pass is about south of Nathu La and is slightly higher. It was frequently used for t ...

to India *

Karakoram Pass The Karakoram Pass () is a mountain pass between India and China in the Karakoram Range. It is the highest pass on the ancient caravan route between Leh in Ladakh and Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. 'Karakoram' literally means 'Black Gravel' ...

to India *

Khunjerab Pass Khunjerab Pass (; ; ug, قونجىراپ ئېغىزى) is a mountain pass in the Karakoram Mountains, in a strategic position on the northern border of Pakistan (Gilgit–Baltistan's Hunza and Nagar Districts) and on the southwest border of Ch ...

to Pakistan *

Kilik Pass The Kilik Pass (elevation ; ; ur, کلوک پاس) to the west of Mintaka Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakorum Mountains between Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China. The two passes were, in ancient times, the two mai ...

to Pakistan *

Kulma Pass The Kulma Pass ( Tajik: , ) or Qolma Pass, also referred to as Karasu Pass, is a mountain pass across the Pamir Mountains on the border between Murghob District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous Cou ...

to Tajikistan *

Mintaka Pass The Mintaka Pass or Mingteke Pass or Mintika Pass() is a mountain pass in the Karakorum Mountains, between Pakistan and Xinjiang in China. In ancient times, the Mintaka Pass and the nearby Kilik Pass, to the west, were the two main access poin ...

to Pakistan *

Nathu La Nathu La (, ) is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibet, and the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal in Bengal, South Asia. The pass, at , connects the towns of Kalimpong and Gangtok to ...

to India * Semo Pass, Tibet (18,258 ft) *

Tanggula Pass The Tanggu La, Tangla Pass, or Tanggu Pass (; bo, གདང་ལ) is a wide mountain pass in Southwest China over in elevation, which utilized by both the Qinghai–Tibet Highway and Qinghai–Tibet Railway to cross the Tanggula Mountains ...

, Tibet *

Torugart Pass Torugart Pass (; ; ) is a mountain pass in the Tian Shan mountain range near the border between the Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. It is one of two border crossings between Kyrgyzstan and China, the other ...

to Kyrgyzstan * Irkeshtam Pass to Kyrgyzstan *

to Afghanistan

Hong Kong

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Puncak Pass Puncak or Puncak Pass (Indonesian for "top" or "peak") is a mountain pass in West Java, Indonesia. The pass connects the city of Bogor and Bandung, and is spread within the regencies of Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi. Puncak Pass is located b ...

, West Java

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Usui Pass The is a mountain pass that lies between Nagano and Gunma prefecture in Japan. It has served as one of the major transportation routes in central Japan since at least the eighth century. Road The pass on the ancient Tōsandō highway was d ...

between Nagano and Gunma Prefectures

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

See: List of mountain passes in Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

Genting Sempah Genting Sempah or Sempah Pass is a transit town and mountain pass in Bentong District, Pahang, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federa ...

on the border of Pahang and Selangor

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

Thorong La Thorong La or Thorung La is a mountain pass with an elevation of above sea level in the Damodar Himal, north of the Annapurna Himal, in central Nepal. Khatung Kang and Yakawa Kang are the mountains forming Thorong La. The pass is located on ...

5416 m.

Annapurna Circuit The Annapurna Circuit is a trek within the mountain ranges of central Nepal. The total length of the route varies between 160–230 km (100-145 mi), depending on where motor transportation is used and where the trek is ended. This trek c ...

Region * West col 6135 m.

Makalu Makalu ( ne, मकालु हिमाल, Makālu himāl; zh, t=馬卡魯峰, p=Mǎkǎlǔ fēng) is the fifth highest mountain in the world at . It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas southeast of Mount Everest, in Nepal. One of th ...

Barun * East Col 6100 m.

Barun * Sherpani Col

Barun * Cho La 5420 m.

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...

Region * Larky Pass 5213 m.

Manaslu Manaslu ( ne, मनास्लु, also known as Kutang; muh-NAA-slu) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Man ...

* Kagmara La 5115 m. Southern

Dolpo Dolpo ( bo, དོལ་པོ ) is a high-altitude culturally Tibetan region in the upper part of the Dolpa District of western Nepal, bordered in the north by China.. Part of the region lies in Shey Phoksundo National Park. The sparse, agro ...

* Ganja La 5106 m.

Langtang Langtang valley is a Himalayan valley in the mountains of north-central Nepal, known for its trekking routes and natural environment. Administrative The Langtang valley lies in the Rasuwa district of the Bagmati Province in Nepal. Situ ...

Helambu Region * Meso Kanta 5089 m.

Annapurna Annapurna (; ne, अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the tenth highest mountain in the world at above sea level and is well known for the diffic ...

Region * Khangla Pass 5320 m. ( Annapurna manang region ) * Khongma La Pass 5535m (Everest Khumbu Region) * Renjo La Pass 5360m (Everest Khumbu Region)

Pakistan

Babusar pass Babusar Pass or Babusar Top (Urdu: درہ بابوسر) (elevation ) is a mountain pass in Pakistan at the north of the 150 km (93 miles) long Kaghan Valley, connecting it via the Thak Nala with Chilas on the Karakoram Highway (KKH). It ...

Bolan Pass Bolān Pass ( ur, ) is a valley and a natural gateway, through the Toba Kakar range in Balochistan province of Pakistan, south of the Afghanistan border. The pass is an stretch of the Bolan river valley from Rindli in the south to Darwāza ...

Pass to Afghanistan *

Chaprot Pass Chaprot Pass ( ur, ) is a mountain pass to the northeast of Mehrbani Peak in the northwest of Chaprote, Nagar District The Nagar District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Nagar ...

to Afghanistan *

Gondogoro Pass Gondogoro Pass or Gondogoro La ( ur, گوندوگرو) is a 5585 meter high mountain pass in the Baltistan region of Pakistan 25 km south of the world's second-highest peak, K2. It connects the Gondogoro Glacier on the southwest and the Vi ...

Gumal Pass Gomal Pass ( ps, ګومل) is a mountain pass on the Durand Line border between Afghanistan and the southeastern portion of South Waziristan in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It takes its name from the Gomal River and is midw ...

Hayal Pass Hayal Pass (el. 4700 m) is a high mountain pass to the north of Shani Peak in the Naltar Valley of northern Pakistan. The pass lies in the west of Naltar Pass. See also *Naltar Valley The Naltar Valley () is a valley situated about from t ...

* Hispar Pass *

Karakar Pass Karakar Pass ( ps, کړاکړ دره; el. 1336 m./4384 ft.) is a mountain pass in the Hindu Kush, connecting Swat and Buner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. From the top of the pass, one can view Buner Valley. It was at this pass in Febr ...

to China * Khyber Pass to Afghanistan *

to China *

Kohat Pass Kohat Pass ( ur, ) is a mountain pass in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, between the cities of Kohat and Peshawar. The pass traverses the Khigana Mountains, which stretch from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas towards Attock. ...

Lowari Pass Lowari Pass ( ur, درہ لواری), or Lowari Top, (el. 10,230 ft.) is a high mountain pass that connects Chitral with Dir in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Lowari Top is a relatively low pass, by far the lowest pass to enter Chitral, ...

Malakand Pass The Malakand Pass Peshawar with chitral ( ps, درہ ملاکنډ; ur, ) is a mountain pass in Malakand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The pass road begins at Dargai. The road across the pass is in good condition, but may often beco ...

to China *

Naltar Pass Naltar Pass is a mountain pass to the north of Shani Peak in Naltar Valley in Pakistan. The pass lies west of Chaprot Pass and east of Hayal Pass. See also *Naltar Valley References External links Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google ...

Shandur Top Shandur Pass( ur, ) is a pass located in Ghizer, District of Gilgit Baltistan . It is often called 'Roof of the World. During the annual ' Shandur Polo Festival,' there are polo matches played in Shandur Polo Ground on Shandur Top, between the ...

* Tochi Pass Connects Ghazni to Bannu

South Korea

Tajikistan

Ak-Baital Pass The Ak-Baital Pass (russian: Акбайтал; tg, Оқбайтал; ky, Ак-Байтал) is a mountain pass in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan (GBAO region).According to Lonely Planet. At it is the highest point of the M41 highway The M ...

(4,655 m) * Anzob Pass (3,400 m) *

Beyik Pass The Beyik Pass, also written and Payik Pass and Bayik Pass, is a mountain pass in the Sarikol Range between Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan and the Taghdumbash Pamir region of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang, Ch ...

to China (4,600 m) *

to China (4,362 m) *

Kyzylart Pass Kyzylart Pass (russian: Кызыл-Арт; ky, Кызыл-Арт ашуусу) is a mountain pass and border crossing in the Trans-Alay Range on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The highest point is 4,280 m (14,042 ft). The border c ...

to Kyrgyzstan (4,280 m)

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

* Amanian Gates (Bahçe Pass), on border between

Osmaniye Osmaniye () is a city on the eastern edge of the Çukurova plain in southern Turkey and the capital of Osmaniye province. Backed by the foothills of the Nur Mountains, Osmaniye lay on one of the old Silk Roads and was always a place of strategic ...

and

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approxi ...

provinces *

Cilician Gates The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass is a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River. Its highest elevation is about 1000m. The Cilician Gates ha ...

(Gülek Pass),

Mersin Province Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel Province ( tr, ), is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of f ...

* Sertavul Pass, on border between Mersin and

Karaman Karaman, historically known as Laranda (Greek: Λάρανδα), is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According t ...

provinces * Syrian Gates (Belen Pass), Hatay Province *

Zigana Pass The Zigana Pass ( tr, Zigana Geçidi) is a mountain pass situated on the Pontic Mountains in Gümüşhane Province close to its border with Trabzon Province in northeastern Turkey. The pass, at above sea level, is on the route at a distance of ...

, on border between

Gümüşhane Gümüşhane () is a city and the capital district of Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The city lies along the Harşit River, at an elevation of , about southwest of Trabzon. According to the 2010 census, population of G ...

and

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

provinces

Uzbekistan

Kamchik Pass The Kamchik Pass ( uz, Qamchiq dovoni), also spelt Kamchiq or Qamchiq, 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 ...

Australasia

Australia

Alpine Way The Alpine Way is a rural road located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The road connects in the east to the New South Wales / Victorian border in the west, crossing the Murray River, near Bringenbrong / Upper ...

, New South Wales *

Macquarie Pass Macquarie Pass is an eight-kilometre-long section of the Illawarra Highway passing through Macquarie Pass National Park. It was opened in 1898, though had been used by the Wodi Wodi tribe. Macquarie Pass links the Southern Highland town of Rob ...

, New South Wales *

Kings Highway (Australia) Kings Highway is an interstate highway located within the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, Australia. The highway connects Canberra with Batemans Bay on the South Coast. It is designated route B52. Route West to east, it star ...

, New South Wales *

Cunninghams Gap Cunninghams Gap is a pass over the Great Dividing Range between the Darling Downs and the Fassifern Valley in Queensland, Australia. The Gap is the major route over the Main Range along the Great Dividing Range, between Warwick and Brisbane. ...

, Queensland *

Heavitree Gap The Heavitree Gap, or ''Ntaripe'' in the Arrernte language, is a water gap in the Northern Territory of Australia in the MacDonnell Ranges. It is the southern entrance to the city of Alice Springs and in addition to the Todd River it carries the ...

, Northern Territory *

Horrocks Pass Horrocks Pass is a geographical location in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Nectar Brook, South Australia, Nectar Brook and Woolundunga, South Australia, Woolundunga in the southern Flinders Ranges, about west of ...

, South Australia * Nowlands Gap, New South Wales * Pichi Richi Pass, South Australia * Tawonga Gap, Victoria

New Zealand

Europe

Alps

* Col de l'Argentiere - France/Italy * Arlberg Pass - Austria *

Bernina Pass The Bernina Pass (el. .) ( it, Passo del Bernina) is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden (Grisons) in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley w ...

- Switzerland *

Bielerhöhe Pass The Bielerhöhe connects the Montafon valley in Vorarlberg with the Paznaun valley in Tirol. At 2,037 m above sea level, the Bielerhöhe lies in the Vorarlberg region, due north of the Silvretta Reservoir. The Bielerhöhe is the highest reachabl ...

- Austria *

Bocchetta del Croso Bocchetta del Croso is a pedestrian pass (el. 1,943 m) across the Alpi Biellesi. It connects Cervo valley ( BI) and Valsesia ( VC), both in Piemonte (Italy) . Etymology In the local dialect ''croso'' means '' gully'', ''small valley'', ...

- Italy *

Bocchetto Sessera Bocchetto Sessera or Bocchetto di Sessera is a mountain pass (el. 1,373 m) across the Alpi Biellesi. It connects Strona di Mosso Valley and Valsessera, both in the province of Biella (Piemonte, Italy) . Etymology In the local dialect ...

- Italy *

Col de la Bonette Col de la Bonette (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the French Alps, near the border with Italy. It is situated within the Mercantour National Park on the border of the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The road over the ...

- France * Brenner Pass - Austria/Italy * Colle di Cadibona - Italy * Colle della Croce - France/Italy *

Falzarego Pass The Falzarego Pass ( it, Passo di Falzarego, lld, Jou de Fauzare) (el. 2,105 m) is a high mountain pass in the province of Belluno in Italy. It mainly connects the territory of Agordo and Cortina d'Ampezzo. From the pass, starts also SP24 (St ...

- Italy *

Fern Pass Fern Pass (elevation 1212 m) is a mountain pass in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria. It is located between the Lechtal Alps on the west and the Mieming Mountains on the east. The highest peak in Germany, the Zugspitze is only 13.5 km away to th ...

- Austria *

Col Ferret The Col Ferret (or ''Grand Col Ferret'') is an Alpine pass between the canton of Valais and the Aosta Valley ( ). It is crossed by the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc. Close to it stands the ''Petit Col Ferret'', at an elevation of , which separa ...

- Italy/Switzerland *

Flexen Pass Flexen Pass is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the '' Bundesland'' of Vorarlberg. It is at an elevation of . It connects the upper Lech valley between Warth, Lech, and Zürs with the Klostertal near Stuben. The pass road was bu ...

- Austria * Flüela Pass - Switzerland * Col du Fréjus - Italy/France *

Furka Pass Furka Pass (french: Le Col de la Furka), with an elevation of , is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri. The Furka Oberalp Bahn line through the Furka Tunnel bypasses the pass. The base tunnel ope ...

- Switzerland *

Col du Galibier The Col du Galibier (el. ) is a mountain pass in the southern region of the French Dauphiné Alps near Grenoble. It is the eighth highest paved road in the Alps, and recurrently the highest point of the Tour de France. It connects Saint-Mi ...

- France * Passo Garlenda - Italy *

Gemmi Pass Gemmi Pass is a high mountain pass across the Bernese Alps connecting Leukerbad (on the south) in the canton of Valais with Kandersteg (on the north) in the canton of Bern. The pass itself lies within the canton of Valais, at a height of above s ...

- Switzerland *

Grimsel Pass The Grimsel Pass (german: Grimselpass; french: Col du Grimsel; it, Passo del Grimsel) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of . The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the ...

- Switzerland *

Giau Pass The Giau Pass ( it, Passo di Giau) (Ladin: ''Jof de Giau'') (el. 2236 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites in the province of Belluno in Italy. It connects Cortina d'Ampezzo with Colle Santa Lucia and Selva di Cadore. It is ...

- Italy *

Grossglockner High Alpine Road The Grossglockner High Alpine Road (in German ''Großglockner Hochalpenstraße'') is the highest surfaced mountain pass road in Austria. It connects Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße, Bruck in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg with Heilige ...

* Hiaslegg (

Tragöß Tragöß (or Tragoess) is a former municipality in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Tragöß-Sankt Katharein. It is home to Grüner See (Gre ...

-Oberort – Trofaiach) *

Col de l'Iseran Col de l'Iseran (el. ) is a mountain pass in France, the highest paved pass in the Alps. A part of the Graian Alps, it is in the department of Savoie, near the border with Italy, and is crossed by the D902 roadway. The pass is part of the Route ...

(elevation 2770 m) - highest paved mountain pass in the Alps * Col de la Joux Verte - France *

Julier Pass The Julier Pass ( Romansh: ''Pass dal Güglia'', German: ''Julierpass'', Italian ''Passo del Giulia'') (el. 2284 m) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, in the Albula Alps. It connects the Engadin valley with central Graubünden, the nearest inhab ...

- Switzerland *

Klausen Pass Klausen Pass (German: ''Klausenpass''; elevation: ) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus. Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie ...

* Krumbach Saddle *

Loibl Pass The Loibl Pass (german: Loiblpass) or Ljubelj Pass ( sl, prelaz Ljubelj) is a high mountain pass in the Karawanks chain of the Southern Limestone Alps, linking Austria with Slovenia. The Loibl Pass road is the shortest connection between the Cari ...

(''Ljubelj Pass'') *

Maloja Pass Maloja Pass ( Italian: ''Passo del Maloja'', German: ''Malojapass'') (1815m a.s.l.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia, still in Switzerland and Chiavenna in It ...

Nufenen Pass Nufenen Pass (Italian: ''Passo della Novena'', German: ''Nufenenpass'') (el. 2478 m.) is the highest mountain pass with a paved road within Switzerland. It lies between the summits of Pizzo Gallina (north) and the Nufenenstock (south). The pas ...

Oberalp Pass Oberalp Pass ( rm, Alpsu or ''Cuolm d'Ursera''; german: Oberalppass) (2044 meters above sea level) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt. Winter closure ...

Petit Col Ferret The Petit Col Ferret (or ''Col du Petit Ferret'') is an Alpine pass between the canton of Valais and the Aosta Valley. Features The pass stands on the main chain of the Alps at an elevation of 2,490 m. It separates the Mont Blanc Massif ...

- Italy/Switzerland * Plöcken Pass *

Pordoi Pass Pordoi is a mountain pass, pass in the Dolomites in the Alps, located between the Sella group in the north and the Marmolada group in the south. The pass is at an altitude of , and the road crossing the pass connects Arabba (Livinallongo del Col d ...

- Italy * Pötschen Pass *

Predil Pass The Predil Pass or Predel Pass ( it, Passo di Predil; sl, Predel, ) (el. 1156 m) is a high mountain pass on the border between Italy and Slovenia. Geography The pass is located in the Julian Alps, between the peaks of Mount Mangart to ...

(''Predel Pass'') *

Pyhrn Pass Pyhrn Pass is a mountain pass in the Austrian Alps between the Austrian states of Upper Austria and Styria. It connects Warscheneck and Bosruck and is at an elevation of . The pass road (B 138) has a maximum grade of 10 percent. Since the mi ...

Colle del Quazzo The Colle del Quazzo (1090 m) is a mountain pass in the Ligurian Alps (Italy). It connects Garessio (Piedmont) with Calizzano (Liguria). Geography The pass stands between Bric Meriano (NW, 1.251 m) and Bric verdiola (SE, 1.154 ...

- Italy * Col de Restefond * Colle della Rho (''Col de la Roue'') - Italy/France * Col Saint Martin *

San Bernardino Pass San Bernardino Pass ( it, Passo del San Bernardino, german: Bernhardinpass, ) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the Hinterrhein (river), Hinterrhein and the Mesolcina (Misox) valleys between Thusis (canton of Graubünden) and B ...

Colle San Bernardo Colle San Bernardo (957 m) is a mountain pass in the Province of Cuneo (Italy). Geography The pass is located on the main chain of the Alps and connects Garessio with Erli and Albenga ( Province of Savona), on the coast of Ligurian Se ...

* San Boldo Pass *

Schober Pass Schober Pass (el. 849 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps, located in the '' Bundesland'' of Styria. See also * List of highest paved roads in Europe * List of mountain passes This is a list of mountain passes. Africa Egypt ...

- Austria *

Colle Scravaion The Colle Scravaion (814 m) is a mountain pass in the Province of Savona (Italy). It connects Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena with Bardineto. Geography The pass stands between Monte Lingo (1103 m, West) and Rocca Barbena. Located on the ma ...

- Italy * Colle delle Selle Vecchie - Italy/France *

Semmering Pass Semmering () is a mountain pass in the Eastern Northern Limestone Alps connecting Lower Austria and Styria, between which it forms a natural border. Location Semmering Pass is located west of Sonnwendstein and Hirschenkogel and east of the P ...

Septimer Pass Septimer Pass (German: ''Septimerpass'', Italian: ''Passo del Settimo'', Romansh: ''Pass da Sett''; elevation ) is a high mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps between the valleys of Bregaglia (Bergell) and Surses (Ober ...

* Colle Sestriere * Colle dei Signori - Italy/France *

Simplon Pass The Simplon Pass (french: Col du Simplon; german: Simplonpass; it, Passo del Sempione, Lombard: ''Pass del Sempiün'') () is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canto ...

Soboth Soboth ( Slovene: ''Sobota'') was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Eibiswald in the Deutschlandsberg District in the Austrian state of Styria. The Soboth Pass The Soboth Pass (elevation 1347 m) is a high mountain pa ...

, Austria *

Splügen Pass The Splügen Pass (german: Splügenpass; it, Passo dello Spluga; rm, Pass dal Spleia ) is an Alpine mountain pass of the Lepontine Alps. It connects the Swiss, Grisonian Splügen to the north below the pass with the Italian Chiavenna to the ...

Great St. Bernard Pass it, Colle del Gran San Bernardogerman: Grosser Sankt Bernhard , photo = Great St Bernard Pass.jpg , photo_caption = View of the pass and hospice from Great St Bernard Lake with Mont Vélan in background , elevation_m = 2469 , elevation_ref = ...

Little St Bernard Pass The Little St Bernard Pass (French: ''Col du Petit Saint-Bernard'', Italian: ''Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo'') is a mountain pass in the Alps on the France–Italy border. Its saddle is at 2188 metres above sea level. It is located between S ...

* St. Gotthard Pass *

Stelvio Pass The Stelvio Pass ( it, Passo dello Stelvio , ''Giogo dello Stelvio'' ; german: Stilfser Joch; ) is a mountain pass in Northern Italy, northern Italy bordering Switzerland at an elevation of Height above mean sea level, above sea level. It is the L ...

(''Stilfserjoch'') *

Susten Pass Susten Pass (German: ''Sustenpass'') (el. 2260 m.) is a mountain pass in the Swiss Alps. The pass road, built from 1938–1945, connects Innertkirchen in the canton of Bern with Wassen in the canton of Uri. A 300-metre long tunnel crosses the pas ...

Packsattel A pack saddle is any device designed to be secured on the back of a horse, mule, or other working animal so it can carry heavy loads such as luggage, firewood, small cannons, or other things too heavy to be carried by humans. Description Ide ...

- Austria *

Radl Pass Radl Pass (), with an elevation of , is a mountain pass in the Alps, located on the border between Austria and Slovenia in the '' Bundesland'' of Styria. The pass road begins in the municipality of Lieboch and crosses the A 2 ''Autobahn''. It i ...

Passo della Teglia The Passo della Teglia (1385 m) is a mountain pass in the Province of Imperia (Italy). It connects Rezzo with Molini di Triora. Geography The pass stands between Monte Pizzo (1417 m, NW) and Monte Fenaira (1457 m, SE). It is located on t ...

- Italy *

Col de Tende Col de Tende ( it, Colle di Tenda; elevation 1870 m) is a high mountain pass in the Alps, close to the border between France and Italy, although the highest section of the pass is wholly within France. It separates the Maritime Alps from the Lig ...

- France/Italy *

Giogo di Toirano The Giogo di Toirano (801 m) is a mountain pass in the Province of Savona (Italy). It connects Toirano with Bardineto. Toponimy In Italian the main meaning of ''giogo'' is ''yoke'', but it also means ''gap'', ''mountain pass''; Toir ...

- Italy * Tremalzo Pass *

Umbrail Pass Umbrail Pass (el. ) is a high mountain pass on the Swiss-Italian border connecting Santa Maria in Val Müstair with Bormio in the Adda valley. On the Italian side, it connects to the Stelvio Pass road and the Valtellina. It is currently the hig ...

Wurzen Pass The Wurzen Pass (german: Wurzenpass, sl, Korensko sedlo) is a mountain pass in a col of the Karawanks mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps, on the border between Radendorf in the Austrian state of Carinthia and Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. ...

Vršič Pass The Vršič Pass (; sl, prelaz Vršič, it, passo della Moistrocca, german: Werschetzpass), with an elevation of , is a high mountain pass across the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. It is the highest pass in Slovenia, as well as the high ...

- Slovenia

Apennines

* Bocca Trabaria pass * Bocca Serriola pass * Bocchetta Pass * Calla pass * Colle di Cadibona *

Capannelle Pass The Capannelle Pass is a mountain pass in Italy. It sits at an altitude of 1300 meters above sea level in the Province of L'Aquila in Italy's Abruzzo Region. It is located on the Italian State Highway 80 which passes near the Gran Sasso in the ...

Cisa Pass The Cisa Pass or La Cisa Pass is a mountain pass in Italy that marks the division between the Ligurian and Tuscan Apennines. It is located on the border between northern Tuscany (Province of Massa-Carrara The province of Massa-Carrara ( ...

Passo del Faiallo Passo del Faiallo (1044 m) is a mountain pass between the Province of Savona (SV) and the Metropolitan City of Genoa (GE). It connects Urbe (SV) with Passo del Turchino (GE), both in Liguria. Etymology The name ''Faiallo'' indirectly com ...

* Futa Pass *

Giovi Pass The Giovi Pass is a pass in Italy in the northwestern Ligurian Apennines north of Genoa. Geography The pass is at 472 metres (1,548 feet). A railroad from Genoa to Turin and Milan runs through the pass via a tunnel that is 1,686 metres (5,531 ...

* Mandrioli pass * Montecoronaro pass * Muraglione pass * Passo della Limina * Pescara Pass * Valico di San Fermo *

Scheggia Pass The Scheggia Pass is a pass in Italy that marks the division between the Central and Northern Apennines. It is in northern Umbria and lies between Gubbio and Cagli at 632 meters. It opens up as a natural plateau near the border with the territory ...

Passo del Turchino The Passo del Turchino is a mountain pass located between the cities of Masone and Mele in the Italian region Liguria. It is known for its annual appearance in the classic one-day cycling race Milan–San Remo, and occasionally in other races. ...

* Viamaggio pass

Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

* Abano Pass *

Jvari Pass The Georgian Military Road or Georgian Military Highway (, 'sakartvelos samkhedro gza'' , os, Арвыкомы фæндаг 'Arvykomy fændag'' is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. Alternative r ...

Mamison Pass Mamison Pass ( ka, მამისონის უღელტეხილი, os, Мамысоны æфцæг amysony æfcæg russian: Мамисонский перевал) is a high mountainous pass in the central Greater Caucasus crest, on t ...

Rikoti Pass The Rikoti Pass ( ka, რიკოთის უღელტეხილი) (el. ) is a mountain pass in the southern portion of the Likhi Range, a spur of the Greater Caucasus which divides Georgia into its western and eastern parts. The Tbilisi ...

Roki Tunnel The Roki Tunnel (also called Roksky Tunnel, ka, როკის გვირაბი; ; russian: Рокский туннель) is a mountain tunnel of the Transkam road through the Greater Caucasus Mountains, north of the village Upper Roka. I ...

* Zekari Pass

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

* Baros Pass *

Katara Pass The Katara Pass or Metsovo Pass ( el, Πέρασμα της Κατάρας) is a mountain pass in the Pindus mountains in northern Greece. It is 5 km northeast of the town Metsovo. Situated on the border of Epirus ( Ioannina regional unit) an ...

Thermopylae Thermopylae (; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: (''Thermopylai'') , Demotic Greek (Greek): , (''Thermopyles'') ; "hot gates") is a place in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

* Fimmvörðuháls

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

* Barnesmore Gap * Conor Pass *

Gap of Dunloe The Gap of Dunloe (), also recorded as ''Bearna an Choimín'' (meaning "gap of the commonage" or "gap of the little hollow"), is a narrow mountain pass running north-south in County Kerry, Ireland, that separates the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mounta ...

* Healy Pass * Mamore Gap *

Moll's Gap Moll's Gap or Céim an Daimh (meaning, Gap of the Ox), is a mountain pass on the N71 road from Kenmare to Killarney in Kerry, Ireland. Moll's Gap is on the Ring of Kerry route, and offers views of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountains, and is ...

Wicklow Gap Wicklow Gap () is one of the highest Irish mountain passes served by an asphalted road. It is located in County Wicklow, Ireland. Geography The pass is opened between Tonelagee (Nort east) and Turlough Hill / Camaderry (South). It connects ...

Jura Mountains

Col de l'Aiguillon Col de l'Aiguillon (el. 1293 m.) is a Swiss pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud. The pass connects L'Auberson and Baulmes. The road is 13.7 km long and has a maximum grade of 18 percent. The cliff between the Col de l'Aiguil ...

Balmberg Pass Balmberg Pass (elevation 1078 m) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It connects Welschenrohr and Günsberg. The road is one of the steepest pass roads in Switzerland, with gradients of u ...

Benkerjoch Benkerjoch Pass (el. 674 m) is a mountain pass in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It connects Küttigen and Oberhof, Switzerland, Oberhof. Until 1801, the pass was the boundary between Austria and Switzerland. The cur ...

Bözberg Pass Bözberg is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It ceased to exist in 1873, when it was split into the two new municipalities Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of ...

* Breitehöchi Pass * Bürersteig Pass * Chall Pass * Challhöchi Pass * Col du Chasseral * Chilchzimmersattel * Col de la Croix * Eichhöhe Pass * Col des Étroits *

Col de la Givrine Col de la Givrine (el. 1228 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, near the border with France. It connects Nyon in Switzerland and Morez in France. The maximum grade of the pass road is 8 percent ...

* Col du Marchairuz * Col du Mollendruz * Mont Crosin * Col du Mont d’Orzeires * Col de Montvoie * Oberer Hauenstein * Passwang *

Col de Pierre Pertuis Col de Pierre Pertuis (el. 827 m.) is a mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It connects Sonceboz and Tavannes. The name of the pass comes from the Latin: ''Petra pertusa'', meaning ''broken rock''. Th ...

* Les Pontins * Col des Rangiers *

Col des Roches Col des Roches (el. 919 m.) is a mountain pass in the Jura Mountains on the border between the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland and France. It connects Le Locle in Switzerland and Morteau Morteau () is a commune, in the Doubs departme ...

* Salhöhe * Santelhöchi * Schafmatt *

Schelten Pass Schelten Pass (french: La Scheulte) (el. 1151 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains between the cantons of Jura and Solothurn in Switzerland. It connects Mervelier and Ramiswil and is the most direct route from Delémont and Bals ...

* Staffelegg *

La Tourne La Tourne (el. 1170 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It connects Les Ponts-de-Martel and Montmollin. The pass road has a maximum grade of ...

* Unterer Hauenstein * Vue des Alpes *

Weissenstein Pass Weissenstein Pass (el. 1284 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It connects Oberdorf and Gänsbrunnen. The pass road has a maximum grade of 22 percent and is one of the steepest roads ...

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* Durmitor Pass * Lovcen Pass

Norway

Dovrefjell Dovrefjell is a mountain range in Central Norway that forms a natural barrier between Eastern Norway and Trøndelag. The mountain range is located in Innlandet, Møre og Romsdal, and Trøndelag counties in Norway. As a result of its central ...

(road E6)(1026 m) *

Filefjell Filefjell is a mountainous area in Norway. It is located between Lærdal in the Vestland county and Valdres in Innlandet county. It is the historical, as well as modern, main route, linking Western Norway and Eastern Norway. The European route E16 ...

(road E16)(1004 m) * Gaularfjellet ( road 13)(745 m) * Geirangervegen ( road 63)(1038 m) *

Hardangervidda Hardangervidda ( en, Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: ''vidde'') in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Vestfold og Telemark, and Viken counties. It is the largest plateau of its kind in Europe, with a cold ye ...

(road 7)(1250 m) *

Haukelifjell Haukelifjell is a mountain area and a mountain pass in South Norway. The area is located in Vinje municipality in the county of Telemark and Odda municipality in the county of Hordaland. The mountain area partially overlaps the Hardangervidda mo ...

(road E134)(1085 m) * Hemsedalsfjellet (road 52)(1137 m) * Hol-Aurland (county road 50)(1165 m) * Ørnevegen ( road 63)(624 m) *

Saltfjellet Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland county, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. It is also a cultural border between the Southern and Central parts of Sápmi. Geography and environment The Saltfjell is one of the ...

( European route E6)(689 m) *

Sognefjell Sognefjellet ( en, Sogn Mountains) is a mountainous area and mountain pass which connects Lustrafjorden and its surrounding valley with the Ottadalen valley in the Jotunheimen area. Sognefjellet is located in Luster Municipality (in Vestland cou ...

(road 55)(1434 m) * Strynefjell (road 15)(943 m) (or road 258)(1139 m) * Suleskarvegen (county road 450)(1050 m) *

Trollstigen Trollstigen (or trollstigvegen; en, The troll path) is a serpentine mountain road and pass in Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of Norwegian County Road 63 that connects the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma and the ...

(road 63)(850 m) *

Valdresflye Valdresflye, also spelled Valdresflya and Valdresflyi, is a mountain plateau in the easternmost part of the Jotunheimen mountains in Norway. The plateau lies in Innlandet county, mostly in Øystre Slidre Municipality, but a small area extends in ...

(road 51)(1390 m) * Venabygdsfjellet (road 27) * Vikafjell ( road 13)(988 m)

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

* Bjørnfjell/

Riksgränsen Riksgränsen, ( no, Riksgrensen), ''The National Border'' in Swedish, is a ski-resort in Kiruna Municipality, Lappland, Sweden, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. The skiing season is from February to June. From end of May the lifts operate ...

(road E10) (530 m) *

Funäsdalen Funäsdalen is a village located in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 890 inhabitants in 2010. Funäsdalen is situated in western Härjedalen near the Norwegian border. Funäsdalen is the site of Härjedalens Fjällmuseum ...

– Ljungdalen (road Z531) (975 m) *

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Røros Røros ( sma, Plaassja, ) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen. The min ...

(road 84/31) (840 m) *

Gäddede Gäddede is a locality in Strömsund Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 401 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the far north-western corner of the municipality and it is more than to the locality of Strömsund by road. Gäddede is loc ...

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Klimpfjäll Klimpfjäll (Southern Sami language: ''Klimhpe el. Klimhpese'') is a village located in Vilhelmina Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden, about 20 km from the border to Norway and 120 km from Vilhelmina Vilhelmina ( sma, Vualtjere) ...

(road AC1067) (876 m) * Graddis (

Arjeplog Arjeplog (; Pite Sami: ) is a locality and the seat of Arjeplog Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 1,977 inhabitants in 2010. It is a popular winter test site for the Asian and European car industries and feature ...

– Rognan) (road 95/77) (740 m) *

Sälen Sälen () is a locality situated in Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 652 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Sälen receives many tourists every winter. Sälen is best known for hosting the start of Vasaloppet ...

(road 66) (760 m) *

Storlien Storlien is a village and ski resort located in Åre municipality in Jämtland, Sweden, two kilometres from the Swedish-Norwegian border. The primary bases of the settlement are tourism and outdoor life – alpine skiing, snowmobiling, cross- ...

(road E14) (615 m) * Tännäs (road 311) (850 m) * Umbukta (road E12) (600 m in tunnel, 650 m along older pass road)

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

* Torre

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...

Col d'Ares Col d'Ares () or Coll d'Ares () (el. 1513 m) is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain. It connects Prats-de-Mollo in France with Molló in Catalonia, Spain. History In 1691, during the Nine Years' War, th ...

Col d'Aspin Col d'Aspin ( oc, Còth d'Aspin) (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the French Pyrenees in the department of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It connects Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, in the upper Adour valley, with Arreau, on the River Neste. Details of the cl ...

Col d'Aubisque The Col d'Aubisque ( oc, Còth d'Aubisca) (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees south of Tarbes and Pau in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Aquitaine region of France.Chany, Pierre (1988), La Fabuleuse Histoire du T ...

Pas de la Casa El Pas de la Casa (; french: Le Pas de la Case) is a ski resort (part of the Grandvalira resort), town, and mountain pass in the Encamp parish of Andorra, lying on the border with France. Overview Its name literally translates as "the pass of th ...

* Port de Larrau * Port de Pailhères * Col du Perthus *

El Portalet The Col du Pourtalet, El Portalet or Portalet d'Aneu is a mountain pass and Border checkpoint, border crossing in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain. The pass reaches an elevation of , and links the Ossau Valley, Ossau and Tena Valley, Tena v ...

Portbou Portbou () is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of people (). Portbou is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off poin ...

Cerbère Cerbère (; ca, Cervera de la Marenda) is a commune and railway town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.Col du Puymorens * Col de la Quillane *

La Brèche de Roland Roland's Breach (french: La Brèche de Roland; es, La Brecha de Rolando; an, La Breca de Roldán; eu, Errolanen Arraila; ca, La Bretxa de Rotllà) is the name of a natural gap, 40 m across and 100 m high, at an elevation of 2804&nb ...

Roncevaux Pass Roncesvalles Pass, Ronceval Pass or Roncevaux Pass (; ; ; elevation 1057 m) is a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees near the border between France and Spain. The pass itself is entirely in Spain. Location The pass is located between the towns of ...

Somport Somport or Col du Somport, known also as the Aspe Pass or Canfranc Pass, (el. 1632 m.) is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. Its name is derived from the Latin ''Summus portus''. It was one of the most popu ...

Col du Tourmalet Col du Tourmalet (; elevation ) is one of the highest paved mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of ...

Sierra Nevada (Spain) Sierra Nevada (; meaning "mountain range covered in snow") is a mountain range in the Andalusian province of Granada in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain:The highest peak in Spanish territory is Teide on the island of Tene ...

Puerto del Suspiro del Moro Puerto del Suspiro del Moro or Pass of the Moor's Sigh is a mountain pass in the Spanish Sierra Nevada. History Muhammad XII, the last Moorish Sultan of Granada, and his court are said to have crossed this Alpujarras pass after being ejected fr ...

(Pass of the Moor's Sigh)

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It i ...

''See:'' * Mountain Passes of England :*

List of hill passes of the Lake District Hill passes of the Lake District were originally used by people in one valley travelling to another nearby without having to go many miles around a steep ridge of intervening hills. Historically, in the Lake District of northwest England, trav ...

Mountain Passes of Scotland A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

* Mountain Passes of Wales

North America

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

* Anderson Pass - Alaska Range * Kahiltna Pass - Alaska Range *

Mentasta Pass Mentasta Pass is a major mountain pass in Alaska, separating the Alaska Range on the west from the Mentasta Mountains on the east. Alaska Route 1 (the Glenn Highway) runs through the pass, connecting the Copper River Valley with the Alaska Highway ...

- Alaska Range * Polychrome Pass - Alaska Range *

Chilkat Pass The Chilkat Pass is a mountain pass on the border of Alaska, United States, and the province of British Columbia, Canada, at the divide between the Klehini (S) and Kelsall Rivers just northwest of Haines, Alaska. At an elevation of 3510 ft ...

- Boundary Range *

Chilkoot Pass Chilkoot Pass (el. ) is a high mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point along the Chilkoot Trail that leads from Dyea, Alaska to Bennett La ...

- Boundary Range *

White Pass White Pass, also known as the Dead Horse Trail, (elevation ) is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of the U.S. state of Alaska and the province of British Columbia, Canada. It leads from Skagway, Ala ...

- Boundary Range * Atigun Pass - Brooks Range * Crow Pass - Chugach Range * Powerline Pass - Chugach Range * Thompson Pass - Chugach Range * Portage Pass - Chugach Range * Johnson Pass - Kenai Range * Moose Pass - Kenai Range * Resurrection Pass - Kenai Range *

Turnagain Pass Turnagain Pass (el. ) is a mountain pass just south of the municipal limits of Anchorage, Alaska. It is located in the northeastern part of Kenai Peninsula Borough. The pass marks the highest point on the Seward Highway at approximately milepost ...

- Kenai Range *

Hatcher Pass Hatcher Pass (3,886 ft or 1,148 m) is a mountain pass through the southwest part of the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska. It is named after Robert Hatcher, a prospector and miner. The nearest cities are Palmer, Alaska, Palmer and Wasilla, Ala ...

- Talkeetna Range

Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...

Appalachian Gap The Appalachian Gap is a mountain pass in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The highest point of the pass is located in Chittenden County, about west of the boundary between Chittenden and Washington County. The pass is in the Camel's Hump St ...

- Vermont *

Ashby Gap Ashby Gap, more commonly known as Ashby's Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Clarke County, Loudoun County and Fauquier County in Virginia. The gap is traversed by U.S. Route 50. The Appalachian trail also passes a ...

- Virginia * Balsam Gap - North Carolina * Brock Gap - Alabama * Brocks Gap - Virginia * Buck Creek Gap - North Carolina * Buford's Gap - Virginia * Bull Gap - North Carolina *

Carmans Notch Carmans Notch is a wind gap located west of Mount Warren in the Catskills of New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state ...

- New York *

Chester Gap Chester Gap, sometimes referred to as Happy Creek Gap for the creek that runs down its western slope, is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Rappahannock County, Fauquier County and Warren County in Virginia. The gap is trav ...

- Virginia *

Clarke's Gap Clarke's Gap, also known as Clarks Gap, is a pass through Catoctin Mountain west of Leesburg, Virginia. The gap has an elevation of . The gap is not a true wind gap, but rather a man-made railroad cut through a local saddle point between two rid ...

- Virginia * Cowee Gap - North Carolina *

Craven Gap Craven Gap (el. ) is a mountain pass between Peach Knob and Rice Knob, part of the Elk Mountains and Great Craggy Mountains. NC 694 (Town Mountain Road) connects with the Blue Ridge Parkway at the gap, where it provides direct access to d ...

- North Carolina *

Crawford Notch Crawford Notch is a major pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire, located in Hart's Location. Roughly half of that town is contained in Crawford Notch State Park. The high point of the notch, at approximately above sea level, is at ...

- New Hampshire *

Cumberland Gap The Cumberland Gap is a pass through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains, near the junction of the U.S. states of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. It is famous in American colonial history for its r ...

- Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky *

Deals Gap Deals (previously stylized as ''DEAL$'') was an American chain of discount variety stores owned by Dollar Tree. The chain operated more than 221 stores located in shopping centers, malls (until 2015), and urban areas in 19 states throughout the U ...

- North Carolina, Tennessee * Deep Notch – New York *

Delaware Water Gap Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. The gap makes up the southern portion of the Delaware Water Gap ...

- Pennsylvania, New Jersey * Diamond Notch - New York *

Dixville Notch Dixville may refer to: *Dixville, New Hampshire Dixville is a township in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4 as of the 2020 census, down from 12 at the 2010 census. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships ( ...

- New Hampshire *

Evans Notch Evans Notch (elev. ) is a mountain pass located in the White Mountains in Maine, United States, about east of the New Hampshire border. It is the easternmost notch through the White Mountains (the next ones to the west being Carter Notch and P ...

– Maine * Fishers Gap - Virginia *

Franconia Notch Franconia Notch (elev. ) is a major mountain pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Dominated by Cannon Mountain to the west and Mount Lafayette to the east, it lies principally within Franconia Notch State Park and is traversed by ...

- New Hampshire * Gillespie Gap - North Carolina * Goshen Pass - Virginia * Grafton Notch - Maine * Grandmother Gap - North Carolina *

Granville Notch Granville Notch, or Granville Gulf, is a notch, or mountain pass, located in Granville, Vermont. North of the height of land, the notch is the source of the Mad River, which drains into the Winooski River, and into Lake Champlain. Lake Champlai ...

- Vermont * Hazen's Notch - Vermont * Hillsboro Gap - Virginia *

Hobart Gap The Hobart Gap is a pass and road through the Watchung Mountains in Northern New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, Hessian General Baron Wilhelm von Knyphausen attempted to seize the Hobart Gap, now crossed by present-day Route 24, ...

- New Jersey * James River Gorge - Virginia * Jarman Gap - Virginia *

Kancamagus Pass Kancamagus (pronounced "cain-ka-MAW-gus", "Fearless One", "Fearless Hunter of Animals"), was the third and final Sagamore of the Penacook Confederacy of Native American tribes. Nephew of Wonalancet and grandson of Passaconaway, Kancamagus rul ...

- New Hampshire *

Keyes Gap Keyes Gap or Keyes' Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountain on the border of Loudoun County, Virginia and Jefferson County, West Virginia. The gap is traversed by Virginia State Route 9/ West Virginia Route 9. The Appalachian Trail also ...

- Virginia, West Virginia *

Kinsman Notch Kinsman Notch (elev. ) is a mountain pass located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It is the westernmost of the major notches through the White Mountains (the others being Franconia Notch, Crawford Notch, and Pinkham Notch ...

- New Hampshire *

Lehigh Gap The Lehigh Gap or Lehigh Water Gap is a water gap located in the townships of Lehigh, Washington, Lower Towamensing and East Penn in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It was formed by the Lehigh River where it cuts through the ...

- Pennsylvania * Lincoln Gap - Vermont * Mahoosuc Notch - Maine *

Manassas Gap Manassas Gap is a wind gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Fauquier County and Warren County in Virginia. At an elevation of 887 feet above sea level, it is the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the state. "The origins o ...

- Virginia *

Mechanicsburg Gap Mechanicsburg Gap (also known as Mill Creek Gap) is a water gap through Mill Creek Mountain in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Mechanicsburg Gap allows for the passage of the Northwestern Turnpike ( U.S. Route 50/West Virgi ...

- West Virginia *

Middlebury Gap Middlebury Gap, is a mountain pass in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The height of land of the pass is located in Addison County. On the southeast side of the height of land, the notch is drained by the Robbins Branch, thence into the Hancock B ...

- Vermont *

Moccasin Gap Moccasin Gap, also known as Big Moccasin Gap, is a pass in Clinch Mountain, a long ridge within the Appalachian Mountains, at Gate City, Virginia. This gap has a long history as a passageway through the mountain. It was used by the Cherokee and S ...

- Virginia *

Monterey Pass Monterey Pass is a mountain pass located in Franklin County, southern Pennsylvania. Geography The saddle area lies near Happel's Meadow, between Monterey Peak (1,663 ft) and Clermont Crag (1627 ft), in the South Mountain Rang ...

- Pennsylvania *

New Market Gap New Market Gap is a wind gap in the Massanutten Mountain in Virginia. The gap is located approximately in the middle of the range, dividing it into north and south sections. U.S. Route 211 runs through the gap, connecting New Market in the ...

- Virginia *

Newfound Gap Newfound Gap (el. ) is a mountain pass located near the center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States of America. Situated along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, the state l ...

- Tennessee, North Carolina *

Pinkham Notch Pinkham Notch (elevation 2032 ft. / 619 m) is a mountain pass in the White Mountains of north-central New Hampshire, United States. The notch is a result of extensive erosion by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the Wisconsinian ice age. Pin ...

- New Hampshire *

Potomac Water Gap The Potomac Water Gap is a double water gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, located at the intersection of the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, near Harpers Ferry. At , it is the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Geography ...

- Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia * Pound Gap - Kentucky, Virginia *

Rockfish Gap Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap. Joining the Shenandoah Valley to the Piedmont r ...

- Virginia * Schuylkill Gap - Pennsylvania * Sherburne Pass - Vermont *

Skinners Gap Skinners Gap (elevation: ) is a mountain pass in the U.S. state of West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geo ...

- West Virginia * Smugglers Notch - Vermont *

Snickers Gap Snickers Gap, originally William's Gap, is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountain on the border of Loudoun County and Clarke County in Virginia. The gap is traversed by Virginia State Route 7. The Appalachian Trail also passes across the gap. ...

- Virginia * Soco Gap - North Carolina * Stony Clove Notch – New York * Swatara Gap - Pennsylvania *

Swift Run Gap Swift Run Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains located in the U.S. state of Virginia. Geography At an elevation of , it is the site of the mountain crossing of U.S. Highway 33 between the Piedmont region on the eastern side and the Sh ...

- Virginia *

Thornton Gap Thornton Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia separating the Shenandoah Valley from the Piedmont region of the state. History Thornton Gap was named for Francis Thornton (1711–April 14, 1749), owner of the land ...

- Virginia * Thoroughfare Gap - Virginia * Wilson Gap - Virginia, West Virginia * Zealand Notch - New Hampshire

California Coast Ranges The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains. P ...

Pacheco Pass Pacheco Pass, elevation , is a low mountain pass located in the Diablo Range in southeastern Santa Clara County, California. It is the main route through the hills separating the Santa Clara Valley and the Central Valley. As with most passes in ...

- Central California *

Altamont Pass Altamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley. The name is actually applied to two distinct but nearby ...

- Northern Central California, in the

Diablo Range The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States. It stretches from the eastern San Francisco Bay area at its northern end to the Salinas Valley are ...

Cascade Range

Allison Pass Allison Pass (el. ) is a highway summit along the Crowsnest Highway in British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point on the highway between the cities of Hope and Princeton. It is located in the middle of Manning Park, at the divide between ...

- British Columbia * Austin Pass - Washington *

Blewett Pass Blewett Pass (), at an elevation of , is a mountain pass in the Wenatchee Mountains (an eastward extension of the Cascades) of Washington state that is crossed by U.S. Route 97 (US 97). Named for Edward Blewett, a Seattle mining promo ...

(formerly known as Swauk Pass) - Washington * Blizzard Gap -

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...

* Bly Mountain Pass - Oregon *

Cady Pass Cady may refer to: Places United States * Cady, Wisconsin, a town * Cady Mountains, California * Cady Pond, Massachusetts * Cady Lake, South Dakota * Camp Cady, California, a United States Army camp in 1860–1861 and 1866–1871 Elsewhere * C ...

- Washington * Canyon Creek Pass -

Cascade Pass Cascade Pass (formerly also known as Skagit PassCayuse Pass - Washington *

Chinook Pass Chinook Pass (elevation 5430 ft./1656 m.) is a pass through the Cascade Range in the state of Washington. The pass is located on the crest of the Cascade Range, along a ridge between Yakima Peak to the northwest of the pass, and Naches Pea ...

- Washington * Colockum Pass - Washington *

Coquihalla Pass Coquihalla Summit (el. ) is a highway summit along the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point on the highway between the cities of Hope and Merritt. It is located just south of the former toll booth plaza on the ...

- British Columbia * Cowhead Pass - British Columbia * Crater Summit - Oregon * Deer Creek Summit - Washington * Disautel Summit - Washington * Drews Gap - Oregon * Elk Pass - Washington *

Green Pass The EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC), known in Italy as the Green Pass, and in France as the Sanitary Pass or Health Pass (''passe sanitaire''), was a COVID-19 vaccine passport created by the European Union (EU), that is valid in all member ...

- Washington * Greensprings Summit * Hayden Mountain Summit -

* Hogback Summit -

* Horse Ridge Summit -

* Lake of the Woods Summit * Lolo Pass - Oregon * Loup Loup Summit -

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

McKenzie Pass McKenzie Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. It is located at the border of Linn and Deschutes counties, approximately northwest of Bend, between the Three Sisters to the south a ...

- Oregon *

Naches Pass Naches Pass (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the Cascade Range in the state of Washington. It is located about east of Tacoma and about northwest of Yakima, near the headwaters of tributary streams of the Naches River on the east and the ...

- Washington * Old Blewett Pass - Washington * Pass Creek Pass -

* Picture Rock Pass -

Rainy Pass Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water ...

- Washington * Rattlesnake Pass -

Santiam Pass Santiam is a place name of the U.S. state of Oregon, referring to the indigenous Santiam people. It may refer to: * Santiam Academy * Santiam Hospital * Santiam Junction, Oregon * Santiam Junction State Airport * Santiam Pass Santiam is a place nam ...

- Oregon * Sexton Mountain Pass - Oregon * Sherman Pass - Washington *

Smith Hill Summit Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people w ...

Snoqualmie Pass Snoqualmie Pass is a mountain pass that carries Interstate 90 (I-90) through the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. The pass summit is at an elevation of , on the county line between Kittitas County and King County. Snoqualmie ...

- Washington * Stage Road Pass -

Stampede Pass Stampede Pass (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the northwest United States, through the Cascade Range in Washington. Southeast of Seattle and east of Tacoma, its importance to transportation lies almost entirely with railroading, as no paved r ...

- Washington *

Stevens Pass Stevens Pass (elevation ) is a mountain pass through the Cascade Mountains located at the border of King County and Chelan County in Washington, United States. U.S. Route 2 travels over the pass, reaching a maximum elevation of . The Pacific ...

- Washington *

Sunday Summit Sunday Summit (el. ) is a highway summit along the Crowsnest Highway in British Columbia, Canada. It is the second-highest point on the highway between the cities of Hope and Princeton - the highest being Allison Pass, located to the west. It i ...

- British Columbia * Sun Pass -

* Washington and Rainy Passes (see

North Cascades Highway North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

) - Washington *

Wauconda Pass Wauconda Pass (el. 4310 ft./1314 m.) is a high mountain pass in the state of Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal go ...

- Washington *

Willamette Pass Willamette Pass () is a mountain pass crossing the crest of the Cascade Range in Oregon, United States. It is less commonly known as Willamette Summit. The pass is traversed by Oregon Route 58 and by Union Pacific's (ex- Southern Pacific) Cas ...

- Oregon * Windy Pass - Washington

Coast Mountains

* Ash Pass - British Columbia * Athelney Pass - British Columbia (Pacific Ranges) *

Cayoosh Pass Cayoosh Pass (1,275 m / 4,183 ft) is a mountain pass in the Lillooet Ranges of the Pacific Ranges of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It lies just west of Duffey Lake on BC Highway 99 between the towns of Lillooet a ...

- British Columbia (Lillooet Ranges/Cayoosh Range) *

- British Columbia *

- Alaska, British Columbia *

Deception Pass Deception Pass is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A pair of bridges known collectivel ...

- British Columbia (Coast Mountains/Rainbow Range) *

Elbow Pass Elbow Pass is the mountain pass between the Highwood and Elbow areas in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. It contains Elbow Lake which is the headwaters of the Elbow River. The pass is formed between Mount Rae of the Misty Range and Gap M ...

- British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges) * Gnat Pass - British Columbia * Griswold Pass - British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges) * Grizzly Pass - British Columbia (Pacific Ranges/Chilcotin Ranges) * Heckman Pass - British Columbia (technically in the Rainbow Range, which is not Coast Mountains but Chilcotin Plateau) * Iron Pass - British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges) * Lindquist Pass - British Columbia (Kitimat Ranges) * Lord Pass - British Columbia (Pacific Ranges) * McCuish Pass - British Columbia (Kitimat Ranges) *

McGillivray Pass McGillivray Pass (1867 m or 6215 ft) is a mountain pass in the Pacific Ranges of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located about 30 miles west of the town of Lillooet and immediately west of the upper end of Anderson Lake, above the form ...

- British Columbia (Bendor Range/Cadwallader Range) *

Mission Pass Mission Pass is a historic mountain pass in the Bridge River-Lillooet Country of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, around west of Lillooet, towards the west end of Seton Lake Seton Lake is a freshwater fjord draining east via the Seton ...

- British Columbia (Pacific Ranges) *

Pemberton Pass Pemberton Pass, , also formerly known as Mosquito Pass, is the lowest point on the divide between the Lillooet and Fraser River drainages, located at Birken, British Columbia, Canada, in the principal valley connecting and between Pemberton and Li ...

- British Columbia (Pacific Ranges/Lillooet Ranges) * Railroad Pass (aka Railway Pass) - British Columbia (Pacific Ranges) * Singing Pass - British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges) * Raindoor Pass - British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges) * Surel Pass - British Columbia (Kitimat Ranges) *

Ring Pass Ring may refer to: * Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry * To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell :(hence) to initiate a telephone connection Arts, entertainment and media Film and ...

- British Columbia (Pacific Ranges) * Taylor Pass - British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges) *

Tyoax Pass Tyoax Pass is a mountain pass in the Chilcotin Ranges of the Pacific Ranges, the southernmost main subdivision of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Located at the head of Tyaughton Creek, a north tributary of the Bridge River, it c ...

- British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges) *

Warner Pass Teofulio Summit, formerly Warner Pass, a pass that lies at an elevation of 3681 feet in the San Felipe Hills of the Peninsular Ranges of San Diego County, California. This pass was named for Teofulio Helm (1874-1967), a prominent member of the Cu ...

- British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges) * Wedge Pass - British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges) *

- Alaska, British Columbia * Wolverine Pass - British Columbia (Chilcotin Ranges) * Wolverine Pass - British Columbia (Garibaldi Ranges)

Hazelton Mountains The Hazelton Mountains are a grouping of mountain ranges on the inland lee of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, spanning the area of Hazelton south to the Nechako Reservoir. Defined by the Britis ...

* Atna Pass

Interior Plateau The Interior Plateau comprises a large region of the Interior of British Columbia, and lies between the Cariboo and Monashee Mountains on the east, and the Hazelton Mountains, Coast Mountains and Cascade Range on the west.''Landforms of British C ...

* Clapperton Creek Summit - British Columbia * Festuca Pass - British Columbia * Pennask Summit - British Columbia

Mackenzie Mountains The Mackenzie Mountains are a Canadian mountain range forming part of the Yukon- Northwest Territories boundary between the Liard and Peel rivers. The range is named in honour of Canada's second prime minister, Alexander Mackenzie. Nahanni Na ...

* Macmillan Pass - Yukon, Northwest Territories * Howard's Pass - Yukon, Northwest Territories

Monashee Mountains The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range lying mostly in British Columbia, Canada, extending into the U.S. state of Washington. They stretch from north to south and from east to west. They are a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. The highes ...

* Bonanza Pass - British Columbia * Canoe Pass - British Columbia * Eagle Pass - British Columbia *

Joss Pass Joss Pass, 1345 m (4413 ft), is a mountain pass in the central Monashee Mountains of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located just south of the Three Valley Gap area of Eagle Pass, which is the route of the Trans-Can ...

, British Columbia * Monashee Pass - British Columbia * Pettipiece Pass - British Columbia * Sherman Pass - Washington

Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...

Abbot Pass Abbot Pass lies between Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria, in the divide between the valleys of Lake O'Hara and Lake Louise. It was named for Philip Stanley Abbot who died in 1896 in an attempt to climb Mount Lefroy with Charles Fay, Charles ...

, Alberta and British ColumbiaThis pass lies on the

Continental Divide of the Americas The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide; ) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas. The Continental Divide extends from t ...

. * Arapaho Pass,

Front Range The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado, and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encountered ...

, Colorado * Arapaho Pass, Rabbit Ears Range, Colorado *

Argentine Pass Argentine Pass, elevation , is a high mountain pass that crosses the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. Argentine Pass is located on the crest of the Front Range along the boun ...

, Colorado *

Athabasca Pass Athabasca Pass (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the border between Alberta and British Columbia. In fur trade days it connected Jasper House on the Athabasca River with Boat Encampment on the Columbia River.Whittaker, Jo ...

, Alberta and British Columbia * Badger Pass, Montana *

Bald Mountain Pass Bald Mountain Pass (elevation ) is a high mountain pass in the high Uinta Mountains in Duchesne County in eastern Utah. United States. It is the highest point on the Mirror Lake Highway (Utah State Route 150 State Route 150, also known as the Mi ...

, Utah * Banner Summit, Idaho *

Bannock Pass Bannock Pass is a high mountain pass in the Beaverhead Mountains, part of the Bitterroot Range in the Rocky Mountains. The pass lies on the Montana-Idaho border on the Continental Divide, at an elevation of above sea level. The pass is crosse ...

, Idaho and Montana *

Beartooth Pass The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It crests at Beartooth Pass in Wyomi ...

, Wyoming * Beaver Pass, British Columbia *

Berthoud Pass Berthoud Pass ( ; elevation ) is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. The pass is located west of Denver, and provides a high route between upper Clear Creek Canyon ...

, Colorado *

Big Hole Pass Big Hole Pass (elevation: ) is a high mountain pass in the northern Rocky Mountains of the Western United States, western United States. It is on the Montana–Idaho border, approximately due south of List of state highways in Montana, Monta ...

, Montana *

Big Mountain Pass Big Mountain Pass is a mountain pass in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. It has an elevation of . It is on the original route of the Mormon pioneers who crossed it in 1847 on their way to the Salt Lake Valley Salt Lake Valley is a valley i ...

, Utah * Black Bear Pass, Colorado * Boreas Pass, Colorado * Boulder-Grand Pass, Colorado *

Bozeman Pass Bozeman Pass el. is a mountain pass situated approximately east of Bozeman, Montana and approximately west of Livingston, Montana on Interstate 90. It separates the Bridger and Gallatin mountain ranges. It is named after pioneer John Bozeman ...

, Montana *

Bridger Pass Bridger Pass is a mountain pass in Carbon County, Wyoming on the Continental Divide of the Americas near the south Great Divide Basin bifurcation point, i.e., the point at which the divide appears to split and envelop the basin. The first docu ...

, Wyoming * Buchanan Pass, Colorado * Buffalo Pass, Colorado * Bush Pass, Alberta and British Columbia * Cameron Pass, Colorado * Carcajou Pass, Alberta and British Columbia * Cerro Summit, Colorado *

Chief Joseph Pass Chief Joseph Pass ( elev. ) is a mountain pass on the continental divide of the Rocky Mountains in the northwestern United States joining Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Montana. The pass is in the Bitterroot Mountains and is trav ...

, Idaho and Montana *

Coal Bank Pass Coal Bank Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass is in the San Juan National Forest. Route The pass is traversed by the Million Dollar Highway, U.S. Highway 550 south of ...

, Colorado * Cochetopa Pass, Colorado * Cordova Pass, Colorado * Cottonwood Pass, Colorado *

Craig Pass Craig Pass (el.), is a mountain pass located on the Continental Divide in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The Grand Loop Road crosses the pass approximately east of Old Faithful Geyser Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone Nati ...

, Wyoming *

Crowsnest Pass Crowsnest Pass (sometimes referred to as Crow's Nest Pass, french: link=no, col du Nid-de-Corbeau) is a low mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta– British Columbia border. Geography The pass is ...

, Alberta and British Columbia * Cucharas Pass, Colorado *

Cumbres Pass Cumbres Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, United States. The pass is traversed by State Highway 17 and the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. The highway has a moderate 5.8% approach on the north side ...

, Colorado * Currant Creek Pass, Colorado *

Dallas Divide Dallas Divide (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the United States state of Colorado located on State Highway 62 about west of the town of Ridgway. The pass is a saddle between the San Juan Mountains to the south and the Uncompahgre Plateau t ...

, Colorado * Dead Indian Pass, Wyoming * Douglas Pass, Colorado *

Dunraven Pass Dunraven Pass (el. ) is a mountain pass on the Grand Loop Road between Tower and Canyon in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. History In 1874, just two years after the park's creation, The 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, an Anglo-Irish ...

, Wyoming *

, Alberta * Elk Pass, Alberta and British Columbia *

Fall River Pass Fall River Pass (elevation ) is a mountain pass in northern Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. It is located in the Front Range, within Rocky Mountain National Park. The pass is traversed by U.S. Highway 34 on Trail R ...

, Colorado *

Fourth of July Summit Fourth of July Summit is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of the northwestern United States, located in northern Idaho. Its elevation is above sea level on Interstate 90 in central Kootenai County, east of the city of Coeur d'Alene. Th ...

, Idaho *

Fraser Pass The Fraser Pass is a mountain pass in the British Columbian Rockies of Western Canada. Its summit is above sea level. Although immediately adjacent to the Continental Divide, the pass does not cross it; rather, it bridges the drainage basin ...

, British Columbia * Fremont Pass, Colorado *

Galena Summit Galena Summit is a high mountain pass in the western United States in central Idaho, at an elevation of above sea level. The pass is located in the Boulder Mountains, in the northwest corner of Blaine County, within the Sawtooth National Recre ...

, Idaho * Georgia Pass, Colorado * Geyser Pass, Utah * Gibbons Pass, Montana *

Glorieta Pass Glorieta Pass (elevation 7500 ft.) is a mountain pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico. The pass is at a strategic location near at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristos in east central Santa Fe County southeast ...

, New Mexico * Gore Pass, Colorado * Grand Mesa Summit, Colorado * Granite Pass, Wyoming *

Guanella Pass Guanella Pass (elevation ) is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. The pass is located in southwestern Clear Creek County, in the Front Range west of Denver and south of Georgetown. T ...

, Colorado *

Hagerman Pass Hagerman Pass, elevation , is a high mountain pass that crosses the continental divide in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The pass traverses the Sawatch Range west of Leadville, connecting the headwaters of the Arka ...

, Colorado * Halfmoon Pass, Colorado * Hancock Pass, Colorado *

Hardscrabble Pass Hardscrabble Pass (9,085 ft/2,769 m) is a mountain pass in South-Central Colorado ( USA). It lies between the Wet Mountain Valley to the west and the valley of the Arkansas River to the east. The pass traverses the Wet Mountains. State High ...

, Colorado *

Highwood Pass Highwood Pass is a mountain pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. It lies west of Mount Rae and Mount Arethusa of the Misty Range, south of the Elbow Pass. It lies within the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on Alberta Highway 40 Al ...

, Alberta *

Homestake Pass Homestake Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of Montana in the United States. It sits on the Continental Divide on the border between Jefferson County and Silver Bow County, six miles south-southeast of Butte in Beaverhead-Deerlod ...

, Montana * Hoosier Pass, Colorado *

Howse Pass Howse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Joseph Howse (1774-1852), English explorer, linguist, and scholar * Hilary Ewing Howse (1866–1938), American businessman and politician * Neville Howse (1863–1930), Australian ...

, Alberta and British Columbia *

Imogene Pass Imogene Pass is a high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the US state of Colorado. It crosses a ridge connecting Ouray, Colorado with Telluride, Colorado, and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountain ...

, Colorado * Independence Pass, Colorado * Jarvis Pass, British Columbia * Jones Pass, Colorado * Kakwa Pass, British Columbia * Kebler Pass, Colorado *

Kenosha Pass Kenosha Pass, elevation , is a high mountain pass located in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The pass is located in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, just northeast of the town of Fairplay, Colora ...

, Colorado *

Kicking Horse Pass Kicking Horse Pass (el. ) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff national parks. Divide Creek forks onto both s ...

, Alberta and British Columbia *

Kingman Pass Kingman Pass el. is a mountain pass between Terrance Mountain and Bunsen Peak on the Grand Loop Road (U.S. Route 89), just south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is an American national park l ...

, Wyoming * Kings Hill Pass, Montana * Kokomo Pass, Colorado * La Manga Pass, Colorado *

La Poudre Pass La Poudre Pass (elevation ), a high mountain pass, is located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles the Continental Divide, and separates the headwaters of La Poudre Pass Creek, which joins the C ...

, Colorado *

La Veta Pass La Veta Pass is the name associated with two nearby mountain passes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of south central Colorado in the United States, both lying on the boundary between Costilla and Huerfano counties. Old La Veta Pass (officiall ...

, Colorado * Lake Pass, Colorado *

Lemhi Pass Lemhi Pass is a high mountain pass in the Beaverhead Mountains, part of the Bitterroot Range in the Rocky Mountains and within Salmon-Challis National Forest. The pass lies on the Montana-Idaho border on the continental divide, at an elevation ...

, Idaho and Montana * Lewis and Clark Pass, Montana *

Lizard Head Pass Lizard Head Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, on the border between Dolores and San Miguel counties. It is also on the divide between the watersheds of the Dolores River The Dolores River is a trib ...

, Colorado *

Logan Pass Logan Pass (elevation ) is located along the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is the highest point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The pass is named after Major William R. Logan, the first superintende ...

, Montana * Lolo Pass, Idaho and Montana *

Lookout Pass Lookout Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of the northwestern United States. In the Coeur d'Alene Mountains of the Bitterroot Range, the pass is on the border between Idaho and Montana, traversed by Interstate 90 (formerly U.S. Route ...

, Idaho and Montana *

Lost Trail Pass Lost Trail Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of the northwestern United States, on the border of Idaho and Montana in the Bitterroot Mountains. The pass is at an elevation of above sea level and is traversed by U.S. Highway 93. The ...

, Idaho and Montana *

Loveland Pass Loveland Pass is a high mountain pass in north-central Colorado, at an elevation of above sea level in the Rocky Mountains of the Western United States. Background It is located on the Continental Divide in the Front Range, west of Denver on U ...

, Colorado * MacDonald Pass, Montana *

Marias Pass Marias Pass (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains in the western US state of Montana. Lying on the southern border of Glacier National Park, it is traversed by US Highway 2 and by the BNSF Hi-Line Subdivision. The pass is the ...

, Montana *

Marshall Pass Marshall Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central-southern Colorado, US. It lies in northern Saguache County on the Continental Divide between the Sawatch Range to the north and the Cochetopa Hills to the south. Th ...

, Colorado *

McClure Pass McClure Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. It is located along the boundary between Pitkin and Gunnison counties, in a gap at the western side of the Elk Mountains. The pass is at an elevat ...

, Colorado * McGregor Pass, British Columbia *

Milner Pass Milner Pass, elevation is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. It is located on the continental divide in the Front Range, within Rocky Mountain National Park, along the boundary between Larimer an ...

, Colorado *

Molas Pass Molas Pass, elevation , is a high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass is in the San Juan National Forest. It is traversed by the Million Dollar Highway, U.S. Highway 550 south of Silverto ...

, Colorado *

Monarch Pass Monarch Pass (elevation ) is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. Location and basic details The pass is located on the Continental Divide at the southern end of the Sawatch Range along ...

, Colorado *

Monida Pass Monida Pass is a high mountain pass in the northern Rocky Mountains of the western United States, at an elevation of above sea level on Interstate 15, and on the Union Pacific Railroad. On the Continental Divide in the Bitterroot Range, it ...

, Idaho and Montana *

Monkman Pass Monkman Pass, in the Canadian Rockies, is southwest of Tumbler Ridge and northeast of Hansard. Found in the Hart Ranges, some consider this mountain pass as the southern limit of the informal grouping known as the Northern Rockies, although those ...

, British Columbia * Monument Hill, Colorado * Mores Creek Summit, Idaho *

Mosca Pass Mosca Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in Alamosa and Huerfano counties in the Sangre de Cristo Range in southern Colorado. The pass lies on the eastern border of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve about 40 miles west of Walsenb ...

, Colorado *

Mosquito Pass Mosquito Pass, with an elevation of , is a high mountain pass in the Mosquito Range of central Colorado in the United States. It lies on the boundary between Lake and Park counties between Leadville (west) and Fairplay (east). It also lies on th ...

, Colorado *

Muddy Pass Muddy Pass may refer to: * Muddy Pass (Continental Divide) Muddy Pass (el. 8772 ft.) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles the continental divide along the boundary betw ...

, Colorado *

Mullan Pass Mullan Pass is a mountain pass in the western United States, in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. It sits on the Continental Divide on the border between Powell and Lewis and Clark counties at 5,902 feet (1,799 m) above sea level. Located in ...

, Montana *

Muncho Pass Muncho Pass (el. ), also known as Muncho Lake Pass, Drogheda Lake Pass, or Muncho-Toad Pass, is the northernmost mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains to be traversed by a public highway. Located in Muncho Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, ...

, British Columbia * Nez Perce Pass, Idaho and Montana * North La Veta Pass, Colorado *

North Pass North Pass (elevation: ) is a mountain pass over the Continental Divide in Saguache County, Colorado. The pass is traversed by Colorado State Highway 114 State Highway 114 (SH 114) is a long state highway in southern central Colorado. ...

, Colorado * Ohio Pass, Colorado * Old Monarch Pass, Colorado * Old Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado * Original Monarch Pass, Colorado * Palliser Pass, Alberta and British Columbia * Palmer Saddle, Colorado * Pawnee Pass, Colorado * Phillips Pass, Alberta and British Columbia *

Pine Pass The Pine Pass, in the Hart Ranges of the Northern Rockies of British Columbia, connects the Peace Country of the province's Northeastern Interior. Highway 97 and the Canadian National Railway (CNR) (formerly BC Rail network) traverse this mountai ...

, British Columbia *

Piper Pass Piper Pass () is a mountain pass in the United States Range The United States Range is one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Arctic Cordillera and in the world, surpassed only by the Challenger Mountains to the northwest.

, Alberta * Pipestone Pass, Montana *

Poncha Pass Poncha Pass (9,010 ft/2,745 m) is a mountain pass in South-Central Colorado (USA). It lies between the San Luis Valley to the south and the valley of the Arkansas River to the north, and is one of the lowest mountain passes in the state. I ...

, Colorado *

Powder River Pass :''The Powder River Pass is also the name of a football play, taking place between Arkansas and Ole Miss in 1954.'' Powder River Pass (el. 9666 ft.) is a mountain pass in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in t ...

, Wyoming * Ptarmigan Pass,

, Colorado * Ptarmigan Pass,

Sawatch Range The Sawatch Range or Saguache RangeThe place name "Saguache” is pronounced “Sawatch” . This name derives from the Ute language noun "''sawup''" meaning "sand dunes" and is spelled using the Spanish language version of this name "Saguac ...

, Colorado * Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado *

Raton Pass Ratón Pass is a 7,834 ft (2,388 m) elevation mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the western United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Trinidad, Colorado and Raton, New ...

, Colorado and New Mexico *

Raynolds Pass Raynolds Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass on the Montana-Idaho border in the Rocky Mountains, United States. The pass is on the Continental Divide, and is traversed by a state highway ( Idaho State Highway 87 and Montana Highway 87). The pa ...

, Idaho and Montana * Red Hill Pass, Colorado * Red Mountain Pass, Colorado *

Red Rock Pass Red Rock Pass is a low mountain pass in the western United States in southeastern Idaho, located in southern Bannock County, south of Downey. It is geologically significant as the spillway of ancient Lake Bonneville. It is traversed by U.S ...

, Idaho * Rogers Pass, Colorado * Rogers Pass, Montana *

Rollins Pass Rollins Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass and active archaeological siteLaBelle, Jason M. & Pelton, Spencer R. "Communal hunting along the Continental Divide of Northern Colorado: Results from the Olson game drive (5BL147)", 2013 in the Sout ...

, Colorado *

Sangre de Cristo Pass Sangre de Cristo Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado. The pass is located immediately north of U.S. Highway 160 one half mile (800 m) northwest of North La Veta Pass. The pass s ...

, Colorado * Schofield Pass, Colorado * Searle Pass, Colorado * Shrine Pass, Colorado * Sifton Pass, British Columbia *

Simpson Pass Simpson Pass, el. , is a mountain pass on the border between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, in the area of the Ball Range. It is the prominence col for Mount Ball on the Continental Divide in the vicinity of Sunshine Vil ...

, Alberta and British Columbia * Sinclair Pass, British Columbia * Slumgullion Summit, Colorado * Smuts Pass, Alberta * Soldier Summit, Utah * South Pass, Wyoming *

Spring Creek Pass Spring Creek Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The pass is traversed by State Highway 149, and the Continental Divide Trail and Colorado Trail follow the divide and cross the hig ...

, Colorado * Spring Valley Summit, Idaho * Stone Man Pass, Colorado * Stony Pass, Colorado * Summit Pass, British Columbia * Sunset Pass, Alberta * Sunwapta Pass, Alberta * Sylvan Pass, Wyoming *

Targhee Pass Targhee Pass is a mountain pass in the western United States on the Continental Divide. It is located along the border between southeastern Idaho and southwestern Montana, in the Henrys Lake Mountains at an elevation of above sea level. The ...

, Idaho and Montana * Tennessee Pass, Colorado *

Teton Pass Teton Pass is a high mountain pass in the western United States, located at the southern end of the Teton Range in western Wyoming, between Wilson and Victor, Idaho. At an elevation of above sea level, the pass provides access from the Jackson H ...

, Wyoming * Thompson Pass, Alberta and British Columbia *

Togwotee Pass Togwotee Pass (pronounced TOH-guh-tee) is a high mountain pass in the western United States, at an elevation of above sea level. On the Continental Divide in the Absaroka Mountains of northwestern Wyoming in Teton County, it is betwee ...

, Wyoming * Tonquin Pass, Alberta and British Columbia * Trail Ridge High Point, Colorado *

Trout Creek Pass Trout Creek Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass located in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado in the United States. The pass sits atop the southern end of the Mosquito Range on the Park- Chaffee county line, between South Park (th ...

, Colorado * Two Ocean Pass, Wyoming * Unaweep Divide, Colorado *

Ute Pass Ute Pass may refer to: * Ute Pass (Medicine Bow Mountains), a mountain pass in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Colorado, United States. * Ute Pass (Park Range), a mountain pass on the Continental Divide of the Americas in the Park Range of Colorad ...

, Colorado *

Vail Pass Vail Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado. The pass was named for Charles Vail, a highway engineer and director of the Colorado State Highway Department from 1930 to 1945. Vail Pass lies on the boundary between E ...

, Colorado * Vasquez Pass, Colorado *

Vermilion Pass Vermilion Pass, elevation , is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies, traversing the continental divide. It connects Kootenay National Park in the province of British Columbia with Banff National Park in Alberta. See also * List of Rocky ...

, Alberta and British Columbia *

Wapiti Pass Wapiti Pass is a mountain pass in the Northern Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It lies immediately east of Wapiti Lake Provincial Park, at the headwaters of the Wapiti River, northeast of Prince George and west of Monkman Provin ...

, British Columbia * Webster Pass, Colorado *

White Bird Hill Summit White Bird Hill Summit is a mountain pass in the Northwestern United States, northwest United States, located in North Central Idaho, north central Idaho on U.S. Route 95 in Idaho, U.S. Highway 95. In Idaho County, Idaho, Idaho County, it is midway ...

, Idaho * Wilkerson Pass, Colorado * Willow Creek Pass, Colorado * Willow Creek Pass, Montana * Wind River Pass, Colorado * Windy Pass, Colorado *

Wolf Creek Pass Wolf Creek Pass is a high mountain pass on the Continental Divide, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. It is the route through which U.S. Highway 160 passes from the San Luis Valley into southwest Colorado on its way to New Mexico and Ariz ...

, Colorado * Wolverine Pass, British Columbia *

Yellowhead Pass The Yellowhead Pass is a mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas in the Canadian Rockies. It is located on the provincial boundary between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and lies within Jasper ...

, Alberta and British Columbia * Yellowjacket Pass, Colorado

Selkirk Mountains

* Argonaut Pass - British Columbia * Asulkan Pass - British Columbia * Rogers Pass - British Columbia *

Kootenay Pass Kootenay Pass, known locally as "the Salmo–Creston" is a mountain pass in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. The pass summit divides the drainage basin of the Pend d'Oreille River on the west (via tributaries Stagleap Cr ...

- British Columbia * Retallack Pass aka Zincton Pass - British Columbia

Sierra Nevada

* Barker Pass *

Beckwourth Pass Beckwourth Pass is the lowest mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at an elevation of . Geography Beckwourth Pass is located at the eastern edge of Sierra Valley at Chilcoot-Vinton, California on the border between Plumas County ...

(lowest Sierra Nevada pass at ) *

Carson Pass Carson Pass is a mountain pass on the crest of the central Sierra Nevada, in the Eldorado National Forest and Alpine County, eastern California. The pass is traversed by California State Route 88. It lies on the Great Basin Divide, with the West ...

Devil's Gate Pass Devil's Gate Pass is a mountain pass in Mono County, California, traversed by U.S. Route 395. The pass is named for the Devils Gate, a granitic formation located west of the summit of the pass. Location Bridgeport and the East Walker River lie ...

* Donahue Pass *

Donner Pass Donner Pass is a mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada themselves, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual appr ...

(pass of the Donner Party and

Lincoln Highway The Lincoln Highway is the first transcontinental highway in the United States and one of the first highways designed expressly for automobiles. Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 31, 1913 ...

) *

Donner Summit Donner Pass is a mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada themselves, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual a ...

(Euer Saddle, pass of Interstate 80) *

Ebbetts Pass Ebbetts Pass (el. ), named after John Ebbetts, is a high mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada range in Alpine County, California. Ebbetts is the eastern of two passes in the area traversed by State Route 4. The western pass is the Pacific Grad ...

Echo Summit Echo Summit is a mountain pass over the Sierra Nevada in the western United States, located in eastern El Dorado County, California. At above sea level, it is the highest point on U.S. Route 50 in California, which traverses it at postmil ...

(Johnson's Pass, pass of

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...

) * Emigrant Pass (at least 2, one in Tahoe National Forest, another near Mt. Lassen) *

Forester Pass Forester Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada. Located on the Kings-Kern Divide and on the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park, Forester Pass connects the drainages of Bubbs Creek (a tributary of the ...

* Fredonyer Pass * Glen Pass * Henness Pass *

Luther Pass Luther Pass (el. 7,740 ft. / 2,359 m) is a mountain pass in California in the Sierra Nevada, between the Carson River basin to the southeast and Lake Tahoe to the northwest. It is traversed by State Route 89 and lies on the boundary between ...

Monitor Pass Monitor Pass (el. 8,314 ft / 2,534 m) is a high mountain pass in California in the Sierra Nevada southeast of Lake Tahoe. It is traversed by State Route 89 near that highway's southern terminus at U.S. Route 395 near the community of Topaz. W ...

* Muir Pass * Roller Pass * Sherman Pass *

Sonora Pass Sonora Pass (el. 9,624 ft. / 2,933 m.) is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada in California. It is the second-highest in California and in the Sierra Nevada. lower by 321 ft. (about 98 m.) than Tioga Pass to the south. State Route 108 ...

Tioga Pass Tioga Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. State Route 120 runs through it, and serves as the eastern entry point for Yosemite National Park, at the Tioga Pass Entrance Station. It is the highest elevation ...

(highest Sierra Nevada roadway pass at ) * Trail Crest *

Walker Pass Walker Pass (el. ) is a mountain pass by Lake Isabella in the southern Sierra Nevada. It is located in northeastern Kern County, approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WNW of Ridgecrest. The pass pr ...

Yuba Pass Yuba Pass is a mountain pass on State Route 49 in Sierra County in the U.S. state of California. The pass lies at an elevation of about 3.4 air miles west of Sattley, on the divide between the North Yuba River and the Middle Fork Feather R ...

Stikine Ranges

Aeroplane Pass An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, Propeller (aircraft), propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurat ...

Metsantan Pass Metsantan Pass, , is a mountain pass in the Metsantan Range of the Omineca Mountains in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located between Metsantan Lake, in the drainage basin of the Stikine River (NW) and the headwaters o ...

* Sifton Pass

Tehachapi Mountains The Tehachapi Mountains (; Kawaiisu: ''Tihachipia'', meaning "hard climb") are a mountain range in the Transverse Ranges system of California in the Western United States. The range extends for approximately in southern Kern County and northwe ...

Oak Creek Pass Oak Creek Pass (elevation ) is a mountain pass through the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, California. The road across it connects the City of Tehachapi with the Mojave Desert. History The first European to use the pass was Francisco Garces ...

Tehachapi Pass Tehachapi Pass (Kawaiisu: ''Tihachipia'', meaning "hard climb") is a mountain pass crossing the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California. Traditionally, the pass marks the northeast end of the Tehachapis and the south end of the Sierra Nev ...

Tejon Pass The Tejon Pass , previously known as ''Portezuelo de Cortes'', ''Portezuela de Castac'', and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern Califor ...

Other

* Emory Pass - New Mexico, NM Highway 152 crosses this pass in the Black Range between the towns of Kingston (east side) and San Lorenzo (west side). * Fremont Pass - Nevada, in the

Lake Range The Lake Range is a mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States. It is entirely in Washoe County, and the southern two-thirds are in the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. The range runs north-south for approximately and a widt ...

, 8 mi. NE of Pyramid Lake *

Newhall Pass Newhall Pass is a low mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California. Historically called Fremont Pass and San Fernando Pass, with Beale's Cut, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. Although the pass was visite ...

- California, separating the San Gabriel Mountains from the Santa Susana Mountains * Pickle Gap - a mountain pass in Arkansas *

San Gorgonio Pass The San Gorgonio Pass, or Banning Pass, is a elevation gap on the rim of the Great Basin between the San Bernardino Mountains to the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south. The pass was formed by the San Andreas Fault, a major tra ...

- California, separates

Mount San Gorgonio San Gorgonio is Spanish for "Saint Gorgonius"; San Gorgonio might also refer to: Landforms and parks *San Gorgonio Mountain, California, United States *San Gorgonio Pass, California, United States *San Gorgonio River, California, United States * S ...

and the

Transverse ranges The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region in North America. The Transverse Ranges begin at the southern end of the California Coast Ranges and lie within Santa ...

from

Mount San Jacinto San Jacinto Peak (; often designated Mount San Jacinto) is a peak in the San Jacinto Mountains, in Riverside County, California. Lying within Mount San Jacinto State Park it is the highest both in the range and the county, and serves as the sout ...

and the Peninsular ranges * Tijeras Pass - New Mexico, main route through the Sandia and

Manzano Mountains The Manzano Mountains are a small mountain range in the central part of the US State of New Mexico. They are oriented north–south and are 30 miles long. The center of the range lies due east of the town of Belen. The name "Manzano" is Spani ...

east of

Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

Polkorridoren Polkorridoren (meaning "Polar Corridor" in Danish), formerly known as Nordpassagen, is a mountain pass in Peary Land, Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. In 1953 a geological expedition went through t ...

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nort ...

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

South America

Andes

Northern Andes

* Collado del Condor - Pico el Águila,

Mérida (state) The State of Mérida commonly known simply as Mérida ( es, Estado Bolivariano de Mérida, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Mérida, in the Libertador Municipality. Located in the Western Andean Region, Mérida Sta ...

La Línea LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

, Colombia (connects between Ibagué and Armenia, Quindío, Armenia) * Papallacta Pass, Ecuador - 4,200 metres (13,766 feet)

Central Andes

* Abra de Porculla, Peru (connects between Olmos and Marañón) — , lowest pass in the Andes * Ticlio, Peru — * Paso Chungará, Chile-Bolivia (on road 11 and 4, connects between Arica, Chile, Arica and La Paz) — * Paso Colchane - Pisigua, Chile-Bolivia (on road 15 and 12, connects between Iquique, Chile, Iquique and Oruro, Bolivia, Oruro) —

Southern Andes

* Abra del Acay, Salta Province, Argentina (connects between La Poma, Argehntina, La Poma and San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina, San Antonio de los Cobres) — (3.09 miles high) * Abra de Chorillos, Salta Province, Argentina (connects between San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina, San Antonio de los Cobres and Cauchari, Caucharí) * Paso de Agua Negra, Chile-Argentina (connects between La Serena, Chile, La Serena and San José de Jachal) * Paso Cardenal Samoré (Formerly known as Puyehue), Chile-Argentina (connects between Osorno, Chile, Osorno and San Carlos de Bariloche) — * Carirriñe Pass, Paso Carirriñe, Chile-Argentina (connects between Panguipulli, Chile, Panguipulli and Junín de los Andes) — * Paso Derecho, Chile-Argentina (connects between Los Ángeles, Chile, Los Ángeles and Zapala) * Paso Futalefú, Chile-Argentina (connects between Chaitén, Chile, Chaitén and Esquel) * Paso Huahum, Chile-Argentina (connects between Panguipulli, Chile, Panguipulli and San Martín de los Andes) — * Lilpela Pass, Paso de Ipela, Chile-Argentina (connects between Futrono and San Martín de los Andes) — ≈ * Paso de Jama, Chile-Argentina (connects between San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, San Pedro de Atacama and Susques) — ≈ * Paso Libertadores, Chile-Argentina (connects between Santiago, Chile, Santiago and Mendoza, Argentina, Mendoza) — ≈ * Paso Mamuil Malal, Chile-Argentina (connects between Pucón and Junín de los Andes) * Pampa Alta Pass (Puesto Viejo), Paso Pampa Alta (also known as ''Puesto Viejo''), Chile-Argentina (connects between Coihaique and Alto Río Senguer) — * Paso Pehuenche, Chile-Argentina (connects between San Clemente, Chile, San Clemente and Bardas Blancas, Argentina, Bardas Blancas) * Paso Pérez Rosales, Chile-Argentina (connects between Puerto Varas and San Carlos de Bariloche) * Paso Pino Hachado, Chile-Argentina (connects between Temuco and Zapala) — * Paso Pircas Negras, Chile-Argentina (connects between Copiapó and Chilecito) * Paso Río Encuentro, Chile-Argentina (connects between Palena, Chile, Palena and Tecka) * Paso Roballo, Chile-Argentina (connects between Cochrane, Chile, Cochrane and Bajo Caracoles) * San Francisco Pass, Paso San Francisco, Chile-Argentina (connects between Copiapó and Fiambalá) — * Paso de Sico, Chile-Argentina (connects between Socaire and Catua) — * Chile Route 23 — * Chile Route 27 —

Other

* Abra de la Ventana, Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina * Contulmo Pass, Nahuelbuta Range part of larger Chilean Coast Range (connects between Contulmo, Chile, Contulmo and Purén, Chile, Purén) * Serra do Rio do Rastro, Brazil

References

External links

{{Mountain Passes of the Andes Geography-related lists, Mountain Passes Lists of mountain passes, Lists of routes, Mountain Passes Mountain passes, *