Khyber Pass

The Khyber Pass is the main route between and . The pass is entirely within Pakistan. The nearest major cities on the route that goes over the pass are in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, with Torkham as border crossing point.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Col de Khyber”, “Ĥajbaro”, “Ĥajber-pasejo”, “Kæberskarð”, “Kajbar-pasejo”, “Kajbaro”, “Kajber”, “Kajberski prolaz”, “Khaibar Pass”, “Khaiber Pass”, “Khaiberpas”, “Khaiberpass”, “Khaybar Pass”, “Khaybarpas”, “Khyber-hágó”, “Khyber-Pass”, “Khyberin sola”, “Khyberpass”, “Khyberskarð”, “Khyberski prijevoj”, “Khyberski prolaz”, “Pas de Khaibar”, “Pas del Khyber”, “Paso de Jiber”, “Paso de Khyber”, “Passo del Khaiber”, “Passo del Khaybar”, “Passo del Kyber”, “Passo di Khyber”, “Passo di Kyber”, “Passo Kyber”, “Przełęcz Chajberska”, “Кибер”, “Хайберский перевал”, “Хиберский перевал”, “מעבר קייבר”, “بوابة خيبر”, “د خيبر درہ”, “د خیبر درہ”, “دره خیبر”, “درهٔ خیبر”, “درّۂ خیبر”, “گذرگاه خیبر”, “گردنه خیبر”, “معبر خيبر”, “खायबर दर्रा”, “खैबर दर्रा”, “ख़ैबर​ दर्रे”, “ख़ैबर दर्रे”, “ఖైబర్ పాస్”, “カイバー峠”, “ハイバル峠”, and “开伯尔隘口”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Landi Kotal and Landi Khana.

Railway station
Photo: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Public domain.
Railway Station is a railway station in , a town in the province of . It lies near the border with the of .

Railway station
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Railway Station is a disused railway station in province of . It is located near the town of , on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. is situated 3½ km northwest of Khyber Pass.

Railway station
Railway Station is located in province of . The station is on the discontinued Khyber Pass Railway line and does not have scheduled train services. is situated 4½ km northwest of Khyber Pass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torkham.

Town
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is a Pakistani town in , that is the location of the Border Crossing with just to the west of the historic Khyber Pass. is situated 5 km northwest of Khyber Pass.

Khyber Pass

Latitude
34.094° or 34° 5′ 39″ north
Longitude
71.1441° or 71° 8′ 39″ east
Elevation
1,070 metres (3,510 feet)
Open location code
8J6H34VV+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3309507563
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q191333
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Khyber Pass” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ممر خيبر”
  • Aragonese: “Paso Khyber”
  • Armenian: “Խայբերի լեռնանցք”
  • Assamese: “খাইবাৰ পাছ বা গিৰিপথ”
  • Assamese: “খাইবাৰ পাছ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Heybər keçidi”
  • Bashkir: “Хайбер үткәүеле”
  • Basque: “Khyber ataka”
  • Basque: “Khyber igarobidea”
  • Bengali: “খাইবার গিরিপথ”
  • Bulgarian: “Хайберски проход”
  • Catalan: “pas de Khyber”
  • Catalan: “Pas de Khyber”
  • Cebuano: “Khyber Pass”
  • Chinese: “开伯尔山口”
  • Chinese: “開伯爾山口”
  • Czech: “Chajbarský průsmyk”
  • Danish: “Khyberpasset”
  • Dutch: “Khyberpas”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥajbar-pasejo”
  • Estonian: “Khyberi kuru”
  • Finnish: “Khaibarsola”
  • French: “Passe de Khyber”
  • Georgian: “ხაიბერის გასასვლელი”
  • German: “Chaiber-Pass”
  • Greek: “Πέρασμα Χαϊμπέρ”
  • Greek: “Πέρασμα Χεμπέρ”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר ח’ייבר”
  • Hindi: “ख़ैबर दर्रा”
  • Hungarian: “Haibar-hágó”
  • Icelandic: “Kaíberskarð”
  • Indonesian: “Celah Khyber”
  • Italian: “passo Khyber”
  • Italian: “Passo Khyber”
  • Japanese: “カイバル峠”
  • Kannada: “ಖೈಬರ್ ಕಣಿವೆಮಾರ್ಗ”
  • Komering: “Taytayan Khyber”
  • Korean: “카이베르 고개”
  • Latvian: “Haiberas pāreja”
  • Lithuanian: “Chaibero perėja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Khyber Pass”
  • Malay: “Laluan Khyber”
  • Malayalam: “ഖൈബർ ചുരം”
  • Marathi: “खैबर खिंड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khaibarpasset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khaibarpasset”
  • Norwegian: “Khaibarpasset”
  • Oriya: “ଖାଇବର ଗିରିପଥ”
  • Panjabi: “ਖ਼ੈਬਰ ਦੱਰਾ”
  • Persian: “تنگه خیبر”
  • Polish: “Chajber”
  • Portuguese: “Passo Caiber”
  • Portuguese: “Passo Khyber”
  • Pushto: “خيبر دره”
  • Romanian: “Trecătoarea Khyber”
  • Russian: “Хайберский проход”
  • Scots: “Khyber Pass”
  • Serbian: “Хајберски кланац”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hajberski prijevoj”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Khyber”
  • Sindhi: “خيبر پاس”
  • Slovak: “Chajbarský priesmyk”
  • Slovenian: “Kajberski prelaz”
  • Spanish: “Paso Jáiber”
  • Spanish: “Paso Khyber”
  • Swedish: “Khyberpasset”
  • Tagalog: “Silang ng Khyber”
  • Tajik: “Гузаргоҳи Хайбар”
  • Tamil: “கைபர் கணவாய்”
  • Telugu: “ఖైబర్ కనుమ”
  • Turkish: “Hayber Geçidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Хайберський прохід”
  • Urdu: “درۂ خیبر”
  • Uzbek: “Haybar dovoni”
  • Vietnamese: “Đèo Khyber”
  • Welsh: “Bwlch Khyber”
  • Western Panjabi: “درہ خیبر”
  • Wu Chinese: “开伯尔山口”

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Places to explore: Landi Kotal and Unknown land marking.

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