Iron Gate Pass
The Iron Gate Pass connects the Yanqi Basin and the Tarim Basin in central Xinjiang, China. The pass follows the gorge of the Kaidu River. The main settlements linked by the pass are the town of Yanqi in the Yanqi Hui Autonomous County to the north and the city of Korla in the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the south.Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “T’ieh-men-kuan”, “Tiehmenkwan”, “Tiemen Guan”, and “Tiemenguan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tashidian.
Tashidian
Town
Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tashidian is a town in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is located on the Kongque River and national road G218, about 10 km to the north of Korla. Tashidian is situated 6 km southeast of Iron Gate Pass.
Iron Gate Pass
- Category: mountain pass
- Location: Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Iron Gate Pass” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Желязна врата”
- Cebuano: “Tiemen Guan”
- Chinese: “铁门关”
- Dutch: “Iron Gate Pass”
- German: “Tiemen Guan”
- Indonesian: “Lintasan Gerbang Besi”
- Italian: “passo della porta di ferro”
- Italian: “Passo della porta di ferro”
- Japanese: “鉄門関 (コルラ市)”
- Japanese: “鉄門関”
- Korean: “철문관”
- Russian: “Железные ворота”
- Russian: “Железные Ворота”
- Spanish: “Paso de la Puerta de Hierro”
- Spanish: “Tiemen Guan”
- Swedish: “Tiemen Guan”
- Turkish: “Tiemen Geçidi”
- Ukrainian: “Залізна брама”
- Ukrainian: “Залізні Ворота”
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