Irkeshtam
Irkeshtam, known in the Turkic languages as Erkech-Tam, is a mountain pass and border crossing between Xinjiang, China, and Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. The closest Chinese settlement is Simhana.
- Type: Locality
- Description: border crossing between China and Kyrgyzstan
- Also known as: “China Kyrgyzstan border crossing #1938”, “Erkech-Tam”, “Erkeshtam”, “Irkeshtam,Erkeshtam”, “Irkestan”, and “Irkishtam”
Irkeshtam
- Category: border city
- Location: Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.67866° or 39° 40′ 43″ north
Longitude
73.89882° or 73° 53′ 56″ east
Elevation
2,845 metres (9,334 feet)
Open location code
8JFMMVHX+FG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Irkeshtam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اركشتام”
- Azerbaijani: “Erkeç-Tam”
- Catalan: “Erketx-Tam”
- Catalan: “Erketxtam”
- Catalan: “pas d’Erketx-Tam”
- Catalan: “Pas d’Erketx-Tam”
- Catalan: “pas d’Erketxtam”
- Chinese: “伊尔克什坦”
- Chinese: “伊尔克什坦口岸”
- Chinese: “伊尔克什坦山口”
- Chinese: “伊爾克什坦”
- Chinese: “伊爾克什坦口岸”
- Chinese: “伊爾庫斯坦”
- Czech: “Irkeštamský průsmyk”
- Dutch: “Erkeshtam”
- Dutch: “Irkeshtam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اركشتام”
- French: “Erkeshtam”
- French: “Irkechtam”
- German: “Irkeschtam”
- German: “Irkeshtam”
- Hebrew: “אירקיסטאם”
- Indonesian: “Erkesh-tam”
- Indonesian: “Erkeshtam”
- Indonesian: “Irkeshtam”
- Italian: “Irkeshtam”
- Italian: “Irkeštam”
- Italian: “Passo di Irkeštam”
- Japanese: “イルケシタム”
- Japanese: “イルケシュタム”
- Japanese: “イルケシュタム峠”
- Kazakh: “Еркештам”
- Kirghiz: “Иркештам”
- Lithuanian: “Irkeštamas”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Irkeshtam”
- Persian: “ارکشتام”
- Russian: “Иркештам”
- Russian: “Эркеч-Там”
- Slovak: “Irkeštam”
- Slovenian: “Irkeštam”
- Spanish: “Erkeshtam”
- Swedish: “Irkeshtam”
- Swedish: “Irkesjtam”
- Tajik: “Эркеч-Там”
- Turkish: “İrkeştam Geçiti”
- Turkish: “İrkeştam”
- Ukrainian: “Іркештам”
- Urdu: “عرکیشتام”
- Uzbek: “Ergashtom”
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