Nathu La

"The opening of the border pass at Nathu La after 44 years marks the beginning of a new era in Sino-Indian relations," Phuntsok said. "I hope the border people of these two great nations will benefit from this."

2006 July 6, Champa Phuntsok, quotee, “India and China reopen historic pass - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-31, Asia Pacific:

Nathu La connects India to Hindu and Buddhist sites in the region and was the site of a fierce border clash between Chinese and Indian troops in 1967.

2017 June 26, Ben Blanchard, David Stanway, Tommy Wilkes, “China accuses Indian border guards of crossing into its territory”, in Paul Tait, Michael Perry, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2017-06-27:

India’s Border Roads Organization said the tourists were hit by the avalanche near the Nathu La mountain pass in Sikkim state. A video released by the Indian army showed rescuers digging through the snow to find an undetermined number of missing people swept away by the avalanche down a mountain slope.
Nathu La mountain pass is along the border with China and is a major tourist destination.

2023 April 4, “Avalanche sweeps away tourists in northeast India; 7 killed”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-04-04:

A mountain pass on the border between Yadong, Shigatse, Tibet, China and Sikkim, India.


Thermopylae

From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).

A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes.


Semmering

[…] to Vienna and Warsaw (via Venice and the Semmering), […]

1950 February, “The "Rome Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:

Short for Semmering Pass, a mountain pass between Lower Austria and Styria.


Eagle Pass

Monashee Mountains
Monashee Mountains#English

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A mountain pass through the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.

A high mountain pass in Lake County, Montana, United States.


Khyber Pass

A mountain pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan of great strategic and historical importance.


Sanju

As we were to cross this range by the pass leading into Sanju, we continued down the valley to Mazar Badshah Abubekr, 19 miles below Shadula, where the road to the Sanju Pass leaves the Karakash Valley, and ascends up a very confined ravine leading to the pass.

1870, G. W. Hayward, “Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar, and Exploration of the Sources of the Yarkand River”, in Journal of the Royal Geographic Society, volume 40, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 67:

The next day we started up toward the pass. The Sanju is a well-known bad pass. There was much bad ice, but for us get good luck over it, by kindly of snow.

1923, Ghulam Rassul Galwan, Aksakal of Leh, Servant of Sahibs, Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., →OCLC, page 265:

A mountain pass in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.


Arthur's Pass

Arthur's Pass
Arthur's Pass (mountain pass)

A mountain pass in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, named after Arthur Dudley Dobson.


Uzbel

After having travelled along the Ala-Baital defile, and followed the course of the Uzbel-Su, the party reached the Uzbel Pass, which separates the basin of the Kara-Kul from that of the Sary-Kol and Tarun-Gol.[...]The late M. Fedchenko disputed the existence of a meridional range on the east side of the Pamir, saying that Hayward had simply taken the abrupt side of the Pamir for a transverse mountain-range. Captain Kostenko, on the other hand, was impressed with its grandeur. It lies about 53 miles from the Uzbel Pass, and beyond it lies Kashghar, 40 miles further.[...]Through lack of provisions, Captain Kostenko was unable to push on to the Sary-Kol and compelled to return by the Uzbel Pass and the little Chon-Su defile. On emerging from thence, one comes upon a point where three roads converge—one to Badakhshan, one to Kokand (over the Kizyl-Yart), and the other to Kash- ghar (over the Uzbel Pass). The main force of the Alai column was rejoined at Archa-bulak, at the southern base of the Alai range. The whole distance marched by Captain Kostenko’s force, from the mouth of the Kizyl-Yart defile to the Uzbel Pass, was 90 miles.

1877 February 1, Robert Michell, “THE RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO THE ALAI AND PAMIR IN 1876”, in The Geographical Magazine, volume 4, →OCLC, page 49:

In 1876 Kostenko, from the Uzbel Pass, observed a great peak in this direction, the name of which was given to him as Mustagh Ata, i.e. Father of Ice Mountains.

1896, George N. Curzon, The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus, →OCLC, →OL, page 51:

If we open up the Atlas of the People's Republic of China we will find that the region of the Pamir, the western extremity of Xinjiang, from the Wuzibieli [Uzbel] Pass¹ to the south down to the Kekelaqukaole Peak (which the Soviet Russians call "Pavel Shveikovsky Peak") is designated as a not limited area. However, on the present-day Soviet Russian maps that area is shown as delimited, i.e., provided with a formal state boundary.

1982 November 18 [1982 July 25], Liu Cunkuan [0491 1317 1401], “The Historical Background of the Pamir Dispute Between China and the USSR”, in China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, number 363, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

After the resolution of the Tajik civil war, China and Tajikistan began to hold talks over disputed sectors. In October 1997, a week of talks at the vice-foreign ministerial level over the territorial dispute achieved “tangible progress” and reached an agreement over the two smaller disputes. The Markansu Valley was divided evenly while China dropped its claim to the Uzbel Pass (map 2.5).

2008, M. Taylor Fravel, “Frontier Disputes in the 1990s”, in Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 165:

A mountain pass on the border between Akto, Kizilsu prefecture, Xinjiang, China and Murghob district, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.

烏孜別里 /乌孜别里

mountain pass on the China-Tajikistan border


Slochd

He then had to jump, and appears to have lost his head, as instead of walking the short distance forward to Slochd to let the signalman know what had happened, he started the 6½-mile walk back to Carrbridge.

1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:

A mountain pass traversed by both road and railway in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8424).


Arlberg Pass

/ˈɑɹlbɝɡ ˈpæs/

/ˈɑːlbɜːɡ ˈpɑːs/

A mountain pass in Austria crossing the Arlberg massif, connecting the state of Vorarlberg and the Klostertal in the west with the state of Tyrol and the Stanzer Tal in the east; it was traditionally used as a mule track for salt trading before being paved and receiving motorized traffic; the traffic brought by the rise of tourism in the region eventually became too heavy for the pass to bear, so the Arlberg Road Tunnel was built to bypass the massif.


Ticlio

A mountain pass and railway station in the Andes in Peru; the elevation of the road here is 4,818 metres (15,807 ft.).


Kicking Horse Pass

A mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas in Canada, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia.


Kleine Scheidegg

The Kleine Scheidegg is quite a colony, with its railway station, shared by the Wengernalp and Jungfrau Railways, its commodious station buffet and two large hotels.

1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:

A mountain pass, tourist centre, and railway hub in Bern canton, Switzerland.


Cajon Pass

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County#English

A mountain pass in San Bernardino County, California, United States.


Bernina Pass

A mountain pass in the Bernina Range, in Grisons canton, Switzerland.


Oberalp Pass

From German Oberalppass, a pass over the Alps.

A mountain pass between Uri canton and Grisons canton, Switzerland.


Brenner Pass

A mountain pass through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.


Wan Chai Gap

The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west. Further south is the 'central sector'.

2003 February 1, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 19:

The assortment of hikes radiating from Wan Chai Gap, in the middle of Hong Kong Island, ranges from flat Bowen Road to steep Wan Chai Gap Road. Wan Chai Gap gives you access to all of Aberdeen Country Park with its beautiful reservoirs and diverse trails.

2005 January 1, Alicia M. Kershaw, Ginger Thrash, Above The City: Hiking Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 53:

Runners had a fun day out in Friday's HKLRRC Boxing Day Race at Wan Chai Gap with most of the participants dressed up in costumes and braving the chilly weather.

2014 December 26, Richard Castka, “Runners brave chilly weather in Boxing Day Run”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-25, Sport:

West Group, RA, under Major Crowe evacuated their HQ at Wan Chai Gap and established a new HQ at Victoria Gap.

2019 July 15, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

Peak Road is less than four kilometres in length, beginning near the Police Museum at Wan Chai Gap and terminating adjacent to Peak Tower.

2015 July 17, Eric Cheung, “Hong Kong’s Peak Road the most expensive street in the world – survey”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-09-28:

A mountain pass in Wan Chai, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.


Magazine Gap

From magazine (“ammunition storehouse”) + gap.

compound

Every winter, the birds move south to the city for warmer weather, food and shelter. The society estimates there are 1,300 black kites in Hong Kong. Magazine Gap in Mid-Levels alone is home to 800.

2011 January 12, Jennifer Lo, “Where eagles nest”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-03:

At 1330 hours 23rd December communication was re-established with HQ West Infantry Brigade at Magazine Gap and it was learnt that about 250 enemy were round St. Albert's Convent, that our troops on the Northern slopes of Mount Cameron were withdrawing and that Magazine Gap and Wanchai Gap were being heavily bombed.

2015, John Grehan, Martin Mace, Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:

Corrigan took his patrol up Coombe Road and reported to Lt-Col Frederick Field, RA, who was in charge of troops at Magazine Gap.

2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

The main route between Victoria Gap and Magazine Gap suffered severely, especially in the former area. Magazine Gap area, though continually shelled, fortunately suffered less and little damage was done to the cables, though subsidiary routes suffered…

2020, Victor S. Ient, These Valiant Men: The Story of Eight British Servicemen in World War II in the Far East, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 16:

It was at the top of Magazine Gap Road. The house was in a very exposed position, close to Magazine Gap, in an area that was subject to frequent shelling. Surprisingly, the house and its detached garage still remain.

2022, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=d3CJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT53:

Central and Western
Central and Western#English

A mountain pass in Mid-Levels, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.


Middle Gap

While moving there they came under heavy fire from Doi's men on the hill and had to be withdrawn to Middle Gap, where they spent the night exposed to pouring rain and a cold wind – a cheerless prelude to a dawn attack.

1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, page 137:

The Japanese tunnels were crude, carved out of the hills. Mr Bruce said one could be found along the path running from Middle Gap to Middle Gap Road, another on a path near Queen Mary Hospital.

1997 June 1, “The secret sites of an underground war”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-03:

The vehicle had been boosted from the public car park up at Middle Gap on the Peak of Hong Kong Island and kept out of sight in a lock-up garage in Kennedy Town until darkness fell.

2013 April 4, Steven Griffiths, In Gwan-Dai's Name, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link. It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left. After passing Middle Gap, the righthand side of the track opens up while the left-hand side is protected by the slopes of Mount Nicholson.

A mountain pass in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong


Victoria Gap

From Victoria + gap, from Victoria Peak, ultimately named after Queen Victoria.

The Peak Hotel is situated at Victoria Gap, about 1,400 feet above the sea, and provides extensive accommodation on a most luxurious scale.

1899, The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c, page 278:

In the course of its journey from Garden Road to the Upper Terminus at Victoria Gap, the tram, like any neighborhood commuter train, stops - or more accurately hesitates - at Barker, Bowen, Macdonnell, Kennedy and May Road Stations.

1986 November 16, Sally Hassan, “A PARI OF HONG KONG CLASSICS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, Section 10, page 9:

Thus, Peak Hotel owner and Scotsman Alexander Findlay Smith, planned to open up the area with a new tram system to connect Victoria Gap to Murray Barracks.[…]
On its opening day, a local journalist wrote that “there is nothing to cause the least of nervousness and the car rises smoothly and steadily to the Victoria Gap.”

2015 November 13, Hong Wrong, “HKFP History: A brief visual history of Hong Kong’s Peak Tram”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2023-12-30, Travel & Transport:

The line, connecting Murray Barracks to Victoria Gap, was opened by Governor Sir George William des Voeux in 1888

2021 June 11, Tracey Furniss, “The Peak Tram, an old Hong Kong icon: taking millions of tourists a year to Victoria Peak, what can we expect from its sixth and latest upgrade since opening in 1888?”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-11, Leisure:

A mountain pass in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.


Yellowhead Pass

Believed to be named after Tête Jaune, a fur trapper with yellow hair.

Both men were astonished (and I imagine, pardonably proud) when I told them that our Canadian National road over the Rocky Mountain Summit through Yellowhead Pass above Jasper, is almost exactly only one-third as steep as Shap Bank!

1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:

Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies#English

A mountain pass through the Canadian Rockies, on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.


Chavez Pass

A mountain pass in Coconino County, Arizona, United States


Raton Pass

A mountain pass, 7,834 ft elevation, on the border between Colorado and New Mexico, United States.


Crowsnest Pass

A mountain pass between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.


Buffalo Gap

A mountain pass and unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.


Independence Pass

A mountain pass in the Sawatch Range, between Pitkin County and Lake County, Colorado.

A mountain pass in the Cascade Range in Skamania County, Washington.