Irshad Pass

{{short description|Hindu Kush mountain pass}}

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{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Irshad Pass

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| elevation_m = 4977

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| location = Afghanistan–Pakistan border

| range = Karakoram

| coordinates = {{coord|36|52|44|N|74|8|27|E|type:pass|display=inline,title}}

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File:Vakhan (Wakhan) Corridor.jpg

Irshad Pass (elevation {{convert|4977|m|sigfig=5}}), also called Ershād Yūvīn, Yirshod Wuyin, Irshad Urween, Irshād Uwin Pass, Kotale Ers̄āḏ Owīn, or Kowtal-e Ershād Owīn, is a high mountain pass that connects the Chapursan river valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan with the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan.{{cite web

|url=http://www.geonames.org/1142485/kowtal-e-ershad-owin.html

|title=Kowtal-e Ershād Owīn

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|accessdate=2009-06-22}}

According to a map in the National Geographic Magazine, the elevation of Irshad Pass is slightly higher than the figure given above, at 4,979 m. (16,335 ft.) The National Geographic article mentions that the nomadic Kyrgyz people of the Wakhan Corridor, who total only about 1,100, cross the Irshad Pass in spring and autumn to trade animals for supplies at Babaghundi Ziarat in north-western Hunza, Pakistan."Stranded on the Roof of the World." Michael Finkel. National Geographic Magazine, February, 2013, pp. 84-111.