Editing Torugart Pass (section)

{{Short description|Pass in the Tian Shan mountain range}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Torugart Pass
| photo = torugartcrossing.jpg
| photo_caption = The [[China|Chinese]] border crossing at the Torugart Pass on the road between [[Naryn]] ([[Kyrgyzstan]]) and [[Kashgar]] ([[Xinjiang]])
| elevation_m = 3752
| elevation_ref = 
| traversed = {{jct|country=CHN|G|315}} – {{RouteBox|ЭМ-11||#1E90FF}} ЭМ-11 ([[European route E125 |E125]])
| location = [[China]]–[[Kyrgyzstan]] border
| range = [[Tian Shan]]
| map = China Xinjiang Southern# Kyrgyzstan
| label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|type:pass|display=title,inline}}
| topo = 
| embedded    = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=6 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
|s=吐尔尕特山口
|t=吐爾尕特山口
|p=Tǔ'ěrgǎtè shānkǒu
|s2=图噜噶尔特山口
|t2=圖嚕噶爾特山口
|p2=Túlūgá'ĕrtè shānkŏu
|uig=تورغات ئېغىزى
|uly=Torghat éghizi
|usy=Торғат еғизи
|lang1 = ky
|lang1_content = {{nowrap|{{lang|ky-Arab|تورۇعارت اشۇۇسۇ}}<br />{{lang|ky|Торугарт ашуусу}}<br />{{lang|ky-Latn|Toruğart aşuusu}}}}
|lang2             = [[Russian language|Russian]]
|lang2_content     = Перевал Торугарт
}}
'''Torugart Pass'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/china00pete|url-access=registration|title=China the Silk Routes|author=Peter Neville-Hadley|series=[[Cadogan Guides]]|isbn=1-86011-052-5|publisher=[[Globe Pequot Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/china00pete/page/289 289]|year=1997|via=[[Internet Archive]]|quote=Torugart Pass}} </ref> ({{Langx|ug|تورغات ئېغىزى }}, {{Langx|ky|Торугарт ашуусу / تورۇعارت اشۇۇسۇ|Torughart ashuusu}}, {{zh|s=吐尔尕特山口}}; ;<ref name=geo>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://new.bizdin.kg/media/books/География_Кыргызстана.pdf|title=Торугарт ашуусу|trans-title=Torugart Pass|encyclopedia=Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan]|page=89|language=ky|publisher = Мамлекеттик тил жана энциклопедия борбору [State Language and Encyclopedia Center] | year=2004|location=Bishkek}}</ref> {{Langx|ru|Перевал Торугарт}}) is a [[mountain pass]] in the [[Tian Shan]] mountain range near the border between the [[Naryn Region]] of [[Kyrgyzstan]] and the [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Autonomous Region]] of [[People's Republic of China|China]]. It is one of two border crossings between Kyrgyzstan and China, the other being [[Erkeshtam]], some {{cvt|165|km|mi|0}} to the southwest.

The scenic lake [[Chatyr-Köl]] lies near the pass on the Kyrgyz side. The road to [[Naryn]] and then to [[Balykchy]] and [[Bishkek]]&mdash;stretching for some {{Convert|400|km|abbr=on}}&mdash;is narrow and in winter often impassable due to heavy snowfall and frequent [[avalanche]]s. On the Chinese side, the Torugart Port of Entry (吐尔尕特口岸), where travelers must clear for customs, is located about {{Convert|110|km|abbr=on}} from the pass itself in [[Ulugqat County]] of the [[Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture]]. Distances from the pass to major cities are: {{Convert|110|km|abbr=on}} to [[Ulugqat]], {{Convert|165|km|abbr=on}} to [[Kashgar]], {{Convert|170|km}} to [[Artux]] and some {{Convert|1630|km|abbr=on}} to [[Ürümqi]].

The pass is also terminus of [[European route E125]] and, under the new National Highway plans, the [[China National Highway 315]], but neither are signed in this area by 2020.