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Ishtik pass

Ishtik pass

Issyk Kul region • Kyrgyzstan • 3689 m

A road pass that allows you to reach the Karasay valley to that of Baralbas. Formerly a Silk Road passed there to join the Bedel Pass on the Chinese border, and the Chinese city of Aksu.

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