Dzungarian Gates
The Dzungarian Gate, also known as the Altai Gap, is a geographically and historically significant mountain pass between Central Asia and China. It has been described as the "one and only gateway in the mountain-wall which stretches from China to Afghanistan…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pass with an elevation of 455 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Alataw Mountain Pass”, “Alataw Shankou”, “Chun-ka-erh Men”, “Dzhungarskiya Vorota”, “Dzhungarskiye Vorota”, “Dzungarian Gate”, “Jungar Gate”, “Porte Djoungare”, and “Zhongghar Qaqpasy”
Dzungarian Gates
- Categories: rail mountain pass and landform
- Location: Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Dzungarian Gates” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ջունգարական դարպասներ”
- Basque: “Dzungariako Atea”
- Belarusian: “Джунгарская брама”
- Bulgarian: “Джунгарски врати”
- Catalan: “Porta de Jungària”
- Cebuano: “Dzungarian Gate”
- Chinese: “阿拉山口”
- Czech: “Džungarská brána”
- Dutch: “Dzjoengaarse Poort”
- Finnish: “Džungarian portti”
- French: “col d’Alataw”
- French: “Col d’Alataw”
- Galician: “Porta de Zungaria”
- Gan Chinese: “阿拉山口”
- Georgian: “ჯუნგარის ჭიშკარი”
- German: “Dsungarische Pforte”
- Hebrew: “שער דזונגריה”
- Indonesian: “Gerbang Dzungaria”
- Italian: “Porta di Zungaria”
- Japanese: “阿拉山口”
- Kazakh: “Жетісу қақпасы”
- Latvian: “Džungārijas Vārti”
- Lithuanian: “Džungarijos vartai”
- Mongolian: “Зүүнгарын хаалга”
- Polish: “Brama Dżungarska”
- Portuguese: “Passo de Alatau”
- Portuguese: “Passo de Alataw”
- Russian: “Джунгарские Ворота”
- Slovak: “Džungárska brána”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Zungaria”
- Swedish: “Dzungarian Gate”
- Swedish: “Dzungarianpasset”
- Turkish: “Çungarya Kapısı”
- Ukrainian: “Джунгарська брама”
- Uzbek: “Jungʻariya darvozasi”
- Wu Chinese: “阿拉山口”
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