List of mountain passes
This is a list of mountain passes.
Africa
Egypt
- Halfaya Pass
Lesotho
- Moteng Pass
- Mahlasela pass
- Sani Pass
Morocco
- Tizi n'Tichka
South Africa
- * Eastern Cape Passes
- * Western Cape Passes
- * Northern Cape Passes
- * KwaZulu Natal Passes
- * Free State Passes
- * Limpopo Province Passes
- * Mpumalanga Passes
- * Gauteng Passes
- * Northwest Province Passes
- Swartberg Pass
- Lootsberg Pass
Asia
Afghanistan
- Broghol Pass to Pakistan
- Dorah Pass to Pakistan
- Khost-Gardez Pass
- Khyber Pass to Pakistan
- Kotal-e Khushk
- Kushan Pass linking northern Afghanistan to the region.
- Lataband Pass
- Tang-e Gharu is a gorge which links Afghanistan with Pakistan
- Salang Pass crosses the Hindu Kush linking Kabul with northern Afghanistan - nowadays through a tunnel.
- Wakhjir Pass to China
China
- Alataw Pass to Kazakhstan
- Dongkhala to India
- Jelep La to India
- Karakoram Pass to India
- Khunjerab Pass to Pakistan
- Kilik Pass to Pakistan
- Kulma Pass to Tajikistan
- Mintaka Pass to Pakistan
- Nathu La to India
- Pingxingguan Pass, Shanxi
- Semo Pass, Tibet
- Tanggula Pass, Tibet
- Torugart Pass to Kyrgyzstan
- Irkeshtam Pass to Kyrgyzstan
- Wakhjir Pass to Afghanistan
Hong Kong
[India]
[Indonesia]
- Puncak Pass, West Java
[Japan]
- Usui Pass between Nagano and Gunma Prefectures
[Kyrgyzstan]
[Malaysia]
- Genting Sempah on the border of Pahang and Selangor
[Nepal]
- Thorong La 5416 m. Annapurna Circuit Region
- West col 6135 m. Makalu Barun
- East Col 6100 m. Makalu Barun
- Sherpani Col Makalu Barun
- Cho La 5420 m. Mount EverestRegion
- Larky Pass 5213 m. Manaslu
- Kagmara La 5115 m. Southern Dolpo
- Ganja La 5106 m. Langtang Helambu Region
- Meso Kanta 5089 m. Annapurna Region
- Khangla Pass 5320 m.
Pakistan
- Babusar pass
- Bolan Pass
- Broghol Pass to Afghanistan
- Chaprot Pass
- Dorah Pass to Afghanistan
- Gondogoro Pass
- Gumal Pass
- Hayal Pass
- Hispar Pass
- Karakar Pass
- Khunjerab Pass to China
- Khyber Pass to Afghanistan
- Kilik Pass to China
- Kohat Pass
- Lowari Pass
- Malakand Pass
- Mintaka Pass to China
- Naltar Pass
- Shandur Top
- Tochi Pass Connects Ghazni to Bannu
South Korea
Tajikistan
- Ak-Baital Pass
- Anzob Pass
- Beyik Pass to China
- Kulma Pass to China
- Kyzylart Pass to Kyrgyzstan
[Turkey]
- Amanian Gates, on border between Osmaniye and Gaziantep provinces
- Cilician Gates, Mersin Province
- Sertavul Pass, on border between Mersin and Karaman provinces
- Syrian Gates, Hatay Province
- Zigana Pass, on border between Gümüşhane and Trabzon provinces
Uzbekistan
- Kamchik Pass
Australasia
Australia
- Alpine Way, New South Wales
- Cunninghams Gap, Queensland
- Heavitree Gap, Northern Territory
- Horrocks Pass, South Australia
- Kings Highway, New South Wales
- Pichi Richi Pass, South Australia
- Tawonga Gap
New Zealand
Europe
Alps
- Col de l'Argentiere - France/Italy
- Arlberg Pass - Austria
- Bernina Pass - Switzerland
- Bielerhöhe Pass - Austria
- Bocchetta del Croso - Italy
- Bocchetto Sessera - Italy
- Col de la Bonette - France
- Brenner Pass - Austria/Italy
- Colle di Cadibona - Italy
- Colle della Croce - France/Italy
- Falzarego Pass - Italy
- Fern Pass - Austria
- Col Ferret - Italy/Switzerland
- Flexen Pass - Austria
- Flüela Pass - Switzerland
- Furka Pass - Switzerland
- Col du Galibier - France
- Passo Garlenda - Italy
- Gemmi Pass - Switzerland
- Grimsel Pass - Switzerland
- Giau Pass - Italy
- Hiaslegg
- Col de l'Iseran - highest paved mountain pass in the Alps
- Col de la Joux Verte - France
- Julier Pass - Switzerland
- Klausen Pass
- Krumbach Saddle
- Loibl Pass
- Maloja Pass
- Nufenen Pass
- Oberalp Pass
- Petit Col Ferret - Italy/Switzerland
- Plöcken Pass
- Pordoi Pass - Italy
- Pötschen Pass
- Predil Pass
- Pyhrn Pass
- Colle del Quazzo - Italy
- Col de Restefond
- Colle della Rho - Italy/France
- Col Saint Martin
- San Bernardino Pass
- Colle San Bernardo
- San Boldo Pass
- Schober Pass - Austria
- Colle Scravaion - Italy
- Colle delle Selle Vecchie - Italy/France
- Semmering Pass
- Septimer Pass
- Colle Sestriere
- Colle dei Signori - Italy/France
- Simplon Pass
- Soboth, Austria
- Splügen Pass
- Great St. Bernard Pass
- Little St Bernard Pass
- St. Gotthard Pass
- Stelvio Pass
- Susten Pass
- Packsattel - Austria
- Radl Pass
- Passo della Teglia - Italy
- Col de Tende - France/Italy
- Giogo di Toirano - Italy
- Tremalzo Pass
- Umbrail Pass
- Wurzen Pass
- Vršič Pass - Slovenia
[Apennines]
- Bocca Trabaria pass
- Bocca Serriola pass
- Bocchetta Pass
- Calla pass
- Colle di Cadibona
- Capannelle Pass
- Cisa Pass
- Passo del Faiallo
- Futa Pass
- Giovi Pass
- Mandrioli pass
- Montecoronaro pass
- Muraglione pass
- Passo della Limina
- Pescara Pass
- Valico di San Fermo
- Scheggia Pass
- Passo del Turchino
- Viamaggio pass
[Carpathians]
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- Abano Pass
- Jvari Pass
- Mamison Pass
- Rikoti Pass
- Roki Tunnel
- Zekari Pass
[Greece]
- Baros Pass
- Katara Pass
- Thermopylae
[Iceland]
- Fimmvörðuháls
[Ireland]
- Barnesmore Gap
- Conor Pass
- Gap of Dunloe
- Healy Pass
- Mamore Gap
- Moll's Gap
- Wicklow Gap
[Jura Mountains]
- Col de l'Aiguillon
- Col de la Croix
[Montenegro]
- Durmitor Pass
- Lovcen Pass
Norway
- Dovrefjell
- Filefjell
- Gaularfjellet
- Geirangervegen
- Hardangervidda
- Haukelifjell
- Hemsedalsfjellet
- Hol-Aurland
- Ørnevegen
- Saltfjellet
- Sognefjell
- Strynefjell
- Trollstigen
- Valdresflye
- Venabygdsfjellet
- Vikafjell
[Norway]/[Sweden]
- Bjørnfjell/Riksgränsen
- Funäsdalen–Ljungdalen
- Funäsdalen–Røros
- Gäddede–Klimpfjäll
- Graddis
- Sälen
- Storlien
- Tännäs
- Umbukta
[Pyrenees]
- Col d'Ares
- Col d'Aspin
- Col d'Aubisque
- Pas de la Casa
- Port de Larrau
- Port de Pailhères
- Col du Perthus
- El Portalet
- Portbou / Cerbère
- Col du Puymorens
- Col de la Quillane
- La Brèche de Roland
- Roncevaux Pass
- Somport
- Col du Tourmalet
[Sierra Nevada (Spain)]
- Puerto del Suspiro del Moro
[Great Britain]
- :Category:Mountain passes of England|Mountain Passes of England
- :Category:Mountain passes of Scotland|Mountain Passes of Scotland
- Mountain Passes of Wales
North America
[Appalachian Mountains]
- Appalachian Gap - Vermont
- Ashby Gap - Virginia
- Balsam Gap - North Carolina
- Brock Gap - Alabama
- Brocks Gap - Virginia
- Buck Creek Gap - North Carolina
- Buford's Gap - Virginia
- Bull Gap - North Carolina
- Carmans Notch - New York
- Chester Gap - Virginia
- Clarke's Gap - Virginia
- Cowee Gap - North Carolina
- Craven Gap - North Carolina
- Crawford Notch - New Hampshire
- Cumberland Gap - Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky
- Deals Gap - North Carolina, Tennessee
- Deep Notch – New York
- Delaware Water Gap - Pennsylvania, New Jersey
- Diamond Notch - New York
- Dixville Notch - New Hampshire
- Evans Notch – Maine
- Fishers Gap - Virginia
- Franconia Notch - New Hampshire
- Gillespie Gap - North Carolina
- Goshen Pass - Virginia
- Grafton Notch - Maine
- Grandmother Gap - North Carolina
- Granville Notch - Vermont
- Hazen's Notch - Vermont
- Hillsboro Gap - Virginia
- Hobart Gap - New Jersey
- James River Gorge - Virginia
- Jarman Gap - Virginia
- Kancamagus Pass - New Hampshire
- Keyes Gap - Virginia, West Virginia
- Kinsman Notch - New Hampshire
- Lehigh Gap - Pennsylvania
- Lincoln Gap - Vermont
- Mahoosuc Notch - Maine
- Manassas Gap - Virginia
- Mechanicsburg Gap - West Virginia
- Middlebury Gap - Vermont
- Moccasin Gap - Virginia
- Monterey Pass - Pennsylvania
- New Market Gap - Virginia
- Newfound Gap - Tennessee, North Carolina
- Pinkham Notch - New Hampshire
- Potomac Water Gap - Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
- Pound Gap - Kentucky, Virginia
- Rockfish Gap - Virginia
- Schuylkill Gap - Pennsylvania
- Sherburne Pass - Vermont
- Skinners Gap - West Virginia
- Smugglers Notch - Vermont
- Snickers Gap - Virginia
- Soco Gap - North Carolina
- Stony Clove Notch – New York
- Swift Run Gap - Virginia
- Thornton Gap - Virginia
- Thoroughfare Gap - Virginia
- Wilson Gap - Virginia, West Virginia
- Zealand Notch - New Hampshire
[California Coast Ranges]
- Pacheco Pass - Central California
- Altamont Pass - Northern Central California, in the Diablo Range
[Cascade Range]
- Allison Pass - British Columbia
- Austin Pass - Washington
- Blewett Pass
- Blizzard Gap - Oregon
- Bly Mountain Pass - Oregon
- Cady Pass - Washington
- Canyon Creek Pass - Oregon
- Cascade Pass - Washington
- Cayuse Pass - Washington
- Chinook Pass - Washington
- Colockum Pass - Washington
- Coquihalla Pass - British Columbia
- Cowhead Pass - British Columbia
- Crater Summit - Oregon
- Deer Creek Summit - Washington
- Disautel Summit - Washington
- Drews Gap - Oregon
- Elk Pass - WashingtonGGG
- Green Pass - Washington
- Greensprings Summit
- Hayden Mountain Summit - Oregon
- Hogback Summit - Oregon
- Horse Ridge Summit - Oregon
- Lake of the Woods Summit
- Lolo Pass - Oregon
- Loup Loup Summit - Washington
- McKenzie Pass - Oregon
- Naches Pass - Washington
- Old Blewett Pass - Washington
- Pass Creek Pass - Washington
- Picture Rock Pass - Oregon
- Rainy Pass - Washington
- Rattlesnake Pass - Washington
- Santiam Pass- Oregon
- Sexton Mountain Pass - Oregon
- Sherman Pass - Washington
- Smith Hill Summit - Oregon
- Snoqualmie Pass - Washington
- Stage Road Pass - Oregon
- Stampede Pass - Washington
- Stevens Pass - Washington
- Sunday Summit - British Columbia
- Sun Pass - Oregon
- Washington and Rainy Passes - Washington
- Wauconda Pass - Washington
- White Pass - Washington
- Willamette Pass - Oregon
- Windy Pass - Washington
[Coast Mountains]
- Ash Pass - British Columbia
- Athelney Pass - British Columbia
- Cayoosh Pass - British Columbia
- Chilkat Pass - British Columbia
- Chilkoot Pass - Alaska, British Columbia
- Deception Pass - British Columbia
- Elbow Pass - British Columbia
- Gnat Pass - British Columbia
- Griswold Pass - British Columbia
- Grizzly Pass - British Columbia
- Heckman Pass - British Columbia
- Iron Pass - British Columbia
- Lindquist Pass - British Columbia
- Lord Pass - British Columbia
- McCuish Pass - British Columbia
- McGillivray Pass - British Columbia
- Mission Pass - British Columbia
- Pemberton Pass - British Columbia
- Railroad Pass - British Columbia
- Singing Pass - British Columbia
- Raindoor Pass - British Columbia
- Surel Pass - British Columbia
- Ring Pass - British Columbia
- Taylor Pass - British Columbia
- Tyoax Pass - British Columbia
- Warner Pass - British Columbia
- Wedge Pass - British Columbia
- White Pass - Alaska, British Columbia
- Wolverine Pass - British Columbia
- Wolverine Pass - British Columbia
[Hazelton Mountains]
- Atna Pass
[Interior Plateau]
- Clapperton Creek Summit - British Columbia
- Festuca Pass - British Columbia
- Pennask Summit - British Columbia
[Mackenzie Mountains]
- Macmillan Pass - Yukon, Northwest Territories
- Howard's Pass - Yukon, Northwest Territories
[Monashee Mountains]
- Bonanza Pass - British Columbia
- Canoe Pass - British Columbia
- Eagle Pass - British Columbia
- Joss Pass, British Columbia
- Monashee Pass - British Columbia
- Pettipiece Pass - British Columbia
- Sherman Pass - Washington
[Rocky Mountains]
- Abbot Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Arapaho Pass, Front Range, Colorado
- Arapaho Pass, Rabbit Ears Range, Colorado
- Argentine Pass, Colorado
- Athabasca Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Badger Pass, Montana
- Bald Mountain Pass, Utah
- Banner Summit, Idaho
- Bannock Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Beartooth Pass, Wyoming
- Beaver Pass, British Columbia
- Berthoud Pass, Colorado
- Big Hole Pass, Montana
- Big Mountain Pass, Utah
- Black Bear Pass, Colorado
- Boreas Pass, Colorado
- Boulder-Grand Pass, Colorado
- Bozeman Pass, Montana
- Bridger Pass, Wyoming
- Buchanan Pass, Colorado
- Buffalo Pass, Colorado
- Bush Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Cameron Pass, Colorado
- Carcajou Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Cerro Summit, Colorado
- Chief Joseph Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Coal Bank Pass, Colorado
- Cochetopa Pass, Colorado
- Cordova Pass, Colorado
- Cottonwood Pass, Colorado
- Craig Pass, Wyoming
- Crowsnest Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Cucharas Pass, Colorado
- Cumbres Pass, Colorado
- Currant Creek Pass, Colorado
- Dallas Divide, Colorado
- Dead Indian Pass, Wyoming
- Douglas Pass, Colorado
- Dunraven Pass, Wyoming
- Elbow Pass, Alberta
- Elk Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Fall River Pass, Colorado
- Fourth of July Summit, Idaho
- Fraser Pass, British Columbia
- Fremont Pass, Colorado
- Galena Summit, Idaho
- Georgia Pass, Colorado
- Geyser Pass, Utah
- Gibbons Pass, Montana
- Glorieta Pass, New Mexico
- Gore Pass, Colorado
- Grand Mesa Summit, Colorado
- Granite Pass, Wyoming
- Guanella Pass, Colorado
- Hagerman Pass, Colorado
- Halfmoon Pass, Colorado
- Hancock Pass, Colorado
- Hardscrabble Pass, Colorado
- Highwood Pass, Alberta
- Homestake Pass, Montana
- Hoosier Pass, Colorado
- Howse Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Imogene Pass, Colorado
- Independence Pass, Colorado
- Jarvis Pass, British Columbia
- Jones Pass, Colorado
- Kakwa Pass, British Columbia
- Kebler Pass, Colorado
- Kenosha Pass, Colorado
- Kicking Horse Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Kingman Pass, Wyoming
- Kings Hill Pass, Montana
- Kokomo Pass, Colorado
- La Manga Pass, Colorado
- La Poudre Pass, Colorado
- La Veta Pass, Colorado
- Lake Pass, Colorado
- Lemhi Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Lewis and Clark Pass, Montana
- Lizard Head Pass, Colorado
- Logan Pass, Montana
- Lolo Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Lookout Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Lost Trail Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Loveland Pass, Colorado
- MacDonald Pass, Montana
- Marias Pass, Montana
- Marshall Pass, Colorado
- McClure Pass, Colorado
- McGregor Pass, British Columbia
- Milner Pass, Colorado
- Molas Pass, Colorado
- Monarch Pass, Colorado
- Monida Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Monkman Pass, British Columbia
- Monument Hill, Colorado
- Mores Creek Summit, Idaho
- Mosca Pass, Colorado
- Mosquito Pass, Colorado
- Muddy Pass, Colorado
- Mullan Pass, Montana
- Muncho Pass, British Columbia
- Nez Perce Pass, Idaho and Montana
- North La Veta Pass, Colorado
- North Pass, Colorado
- Ohio Pass, Colorado
- Old Monarch Pass, Colorado
- Old Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado
- Palliser Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Palmer Saddle, Colorado
- Pawnee Pass, Colorado
- Phillips Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Pine Pass, British Columbia
- Piper Pass, Alberta
- Pipestone Pass, Montana
- Poncha Pass, Colorado
- Powder River Pass, Wyoming
- Ptarmigan Pass, Front Range, Colorado
- Ptarmigan Pass, Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado
- Raton Pass, Colorado and New Mexico
- Raynolds Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Red Hill Pass, Colorado
- Red Mountain Pass, Colorado
- Red Rock Pass, Idaho
- Rogers Pass, Colorado
- Rogers Pass, Montana
- Rollins Pass, Colorado
- Sangre de Cristo Pass, Colorado
- Schofield Pass, Colorado
- Searle Pass, Colorado
- Shrine Pass, Colorado
- Sifton Pass, British Columbia
- Simpson Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Sinclair Pass, British Columbia
- Slumgullion Summit, Colorado
- Smuts Pass, Alberta
- Soldier Summit, Utah
- South Pass, Wyoming
- Spring Creek Pass, Colorado
- Spring Valley Summit, Idaho
- Stone Man Pass, Colorado
- Stony Pass, Colorado
- Summit Pass, British Columbia
- Sunset Pass, Alberta
- Sunwapta Pass, Alberta
- Sylvan Pass, Wyoming
- Targhee Pass, Idaho and Montana
- Tennessee Pass, Colorado
- Teton Pass, Wyoming
- Thompson Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Togwotee Pass, Wyoming
- Tonquin Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Trail Ridge High Point, Colorado
- Trout Creek Pass, Colorado
- Two Ocean Pass, Wyoming
- Unaweep Divide, Colorado
- Ute Pass, Colorado
- Vail Pass, Colorado
- Vasquez Pass, Colorado
- Vermilion Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Wapiti Pass, British Columbia
- Webster Pass, Colorado
- White Bird Hill Summit, Idaho
- Wilkerson Pass, Colorado
- Willow Creek Pass, Colorado
- Willow Creek Pass, Montana
- Wind River Pass, Colorado
- Windy Pass, Colorado
- Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado
- Wolverine Pass, British Columbia
- Yellowhead Pass, Alberta and British Columbia
- Yellowjacket Pass, Colorado
[Selkirk Mountains]
- Argonaut Pass - British Columbia
- Asulkan Pass - British Columbia
- Rogers Pass - British Columbia
- Kootenay Pass - British Columbia
- Retallack Pass aka Zincton Pass - British Columbia
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- Barker Pass
- Beckwourth Pass
- Carson Pass
- Devil's Gate Pass
- Donahue Pass
- Donner Pass
- Donner Summit
- Ebbetts Pass
- Echo Summit
- Emigrant Pass
- Forester Pass
- Fredonyer Pass
- Glen Pass
- Henness Pass
- Luther Pass
- Monitor Pass
- Muir Pass
- Roller Pass
- Sherman Pass
- Sonora Pass
- Tioga Pass
- Trail Crest
- Walker Pass
- Yuba Pass
[Stikine Ranges]
- Aeroplane Pass
- Metsantan Pass
- Sifton Pass
[Tehachapi Mountains]
- Oak Creek Pass
- Tehachapi Pass
- Tejon Pass
Other
- Emory Pass - New Mexico, NM Highway 152 crosses this pass in the Black Range between the towns of Kingston and San Lorenzo.
- Fremont Pass - Nevada, in the Lake Range, 8 mi. NE of Pyramid Lake
- Newhall Pass - California, separating the San Gabriel Mountains from the Santa Susana Mountains
- Pickle Gap - a mountain pass in Arkansas
- San Gorgonio Pass - California, separates Mount San Gorgonio and the Transverse ranges from Mount San Jacinto and the Peninsular ranges
- Tijeras Pass - New Mexico, main route through the Sandia and Manzano Mountains east of Albuquerque
South America
Andes
Northern Andes
- Collado del Condor - Pico el Águila, Mérida
- La Línea, Colombia
- Papallacta Pass, Ecuador - 4,200 metres
Central Andes
- Abra de Porculla, Peru —, lowest pass in the Andes
- Ticlio, Peru —
- Paso Chungará, Chile-Bolivia —
- Paso Colchane - Pisigua, Chile-Bolivia —
Southern Andes
- Abra del Acay, Salta Province, Argentina —
- Abra de Chorillos, Salta Province, Argentina
- Paso de Agua Negra, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Cardenal Samoré, Chile-Argentina —
- Paso Carirriñe, Chile-Argentina —
- Paso Derecho, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Futalefú, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Huahum, Chile-Argentina —
- Paso de Ipela, Chile-Argentina — ≈
- Paso de Jama, Chile-Argentina — ≈
- Paso Libertadores, Chile-Argentina — ≈
- Paso Mamuil Malal, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Pampa Alta, Chile-Argentina —
- Paso Pehuenche, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Pérez Rosales, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Pino Hachado, Chile-Argentina —
- Paso Pircas Negras, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Río Encuentro, Chile-Argentina
- Paso Roballo, Chile-Argentina
- Paso San Francisco, Chile-Argentina —
- Paso de Sico, Chile-Argentina —
- Chile Route 23 —
- Chile Route 27 —
Other
- Abra de la Ventana, Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Contulmo Pass, Nahuelbuta Range part of larger Chilean Coast Range
- Serra do Rio do Rastro, Brazil