| LC control no. | sh2017003309 |
|---|---|
| Geographic heading | Pamir Highway |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Pamir Highway |
| Variant(s) | M41 Highway (Central Asia) Pamirskiĭ trakt Pamirsky trakt |
| See also | Roads--Asia, Central |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2017014497: Mostowlansky, Till. Azan on the moon, 2017: ECIP title page (Tajikistan's Pamir Highway) galley (the road, informally known as the Pamir Highway (Pamirskii trakt), is part of highway M41, which leads from Termiz in southern Uzbekistan via Tajikistan to Kara-Balta, a town a few kilometers west of Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek) Wikipedia, April 21, 2017: under "M41 highway" (The M41, known informally and more commonly as the Pamir Highway (in Russian: Pamirsky Trakt; Pamirskii Trakt) is a road traversing the Pamir Mountains through Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia; it is the only continuous route through the difficult terrain of the mountains and serves as the main supply route to Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region; the route has been in use for millennia, as there are a limited number of viable routes through the high Pamir Mountains; the road formed one link of the ancient Silk Road trade route; the Pamir Highway is designated as route M-41 over much of its length in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and is known as the second highest altitude international highway in the world) Lonelyplanet.com, April 21, 2017 (the Pamir Highway (M41) is the remote high-altitude road from Khorog to Osh whose classic central section crosses Tibetan-style high plateau scenery, occasionally populated by yurts and yaks; it was built by Soviet military engineers between 1931 and 1934 to facilitate troop transport and provisioning) |
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