View East from the Mintaka Pass

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View East from the Mintaka Pass

View East from the Mintaka Pass

The Mintaka Pass (4726m) straddles the Pakistani-Chinese border at the Northern tip of the Karakoram. It was formerly one of the main passages into China before the construction of the KKH over the Khunjerab Pass. The peak pictured (in Chinese territory) is almost certainly unclimbed. It would be very unwise to try and cross this border since there is a Chinese border post approximately 500m beyond. I took this photo during June 2005.
BigLee
on Dec 2, 2007 3:36 pm
Lat/Lon: 37.00077°N / 74.84470°E
Image Type(s): Scenery
Image ID: 362029

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samsloan - Dec 23, 2008 8:24 am - Hasn't voted

Geographic Coordinates

Since you have been there, could you please give the exact geographic coordinates of the Mintaka Pass?

I ask because I have been trying to find it on Google Earth and I believe that the coordinates provided by Wikipedia and others are not correct.

BigLee

BigLee - Dec 24, 2008 8:04 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Geographic Coordinates

Hi, I've pin-pointed the point I took this photo as best I can on the Summitpost's Google Earth map. Just click on the coordinates in blue on the right hand side to see the map. Any other coordinates you find for the pass may have been taken from conventional non-satellite based maps which are usually unreliable when it comes to specific coordinates. Hope that's some help.

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