Irkeshtam

Irkeshtam (Chinese: 伊尔克什坦; pinyin: Yī'ěrkèshéntǎn), known in the Turkic languages as Erkech-Tam (Kyrgyz: Эркеч-Там; Uyghur: ئەركېچ-تام), is a mountain pass and border crossing between Xinjiang, China, and Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. The closest Chinese settlement is Simhana (斯姆哈纳).

Irkeshtam is the westernmost border crossing in China. It is one of two border crossings between Kyrgyzstan and China, the other being Torugart, some 165 km (103 mi) to the northeast.