Karakoram Highway

Proper noun

Karakoram Highway

1. The highest paved international road in the world, which connects Xinjiang, China, to Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet).
   • In mid-1978 the 800-km. Karakoram highway was opened, linking Xinjiang province in the People’s Republic of China with Havelian, north of Islamabad, after being under construction for 20 years.1981, “Pakistan”, in The Far East and Australasia 1981-82, 13th edition, Europa Publications, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 986, column 1
   • The Karakoram Highway linking Pakistan and China remains a strategic route.1998, “Pakistan”, in Saul B. Cohen, editor, The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 2340–2341