Beyik Pass
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Interactive map of Beyik Pass | |
| Elevation | 4,742 m (15,558 ft) |
| Location | China–Tajikistan border |
| Range | Sarikol_Range, Pamir Mountains |
| Coordinates | 37°18′N 75°00′E / 37.3°N 75°E |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 排依克山口 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 排依克山口 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Payik Pass | ||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 别伊克山口 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 别伊克山口 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Beyik Pass | ||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | بېيىك ئېغىزى | ||||||
| Tajik name | |||||||
| Tajik | Ағбаи Беик | ||||||
The Beyik Pass, also transliterated as Payik Pass or Bayik Pass, is a mountain pass in the Sarikol Range between Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan and the Taghdumbash Pamir in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang, China. It lies at an elevation of 4,742 metres (15,558 ft). There is an ethnic Kyrgyz village on the Chinese side also named Beyik (Chinese: 排依克村), but in Chinese the village is more commonly referred to by a different name (Chinese: 阿特加依里村) and Beyik is reserved for a border outpost.