| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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 The Tashkurgan valley is an oasis.
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2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Beautiful landscape.
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2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The land is more hospitable.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Small settlement.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Jagged mountains.
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2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Scenery near the border town of Tashkurgan.
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2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Tashkurgan is a border town in a beautiful valley.
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2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Street corner.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Mountains are visible from most streets.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Houses.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Row of shops.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Houses.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Snow capped mountains forming the border with Tajikistan.
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2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Customs and immigration office.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Street scene.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Wide street corner.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Government building.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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The city is quiet.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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View of Muztagh Ata in the North.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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New museum building.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Dramatic view.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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The valley is very picturesque.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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Tashkurgan Fort is 2000 years old.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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The fort overlooks the original settlement in the valley. Tashkurgan means "stone city" in Tajik.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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View from the fort to the West.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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View from the fort to the South.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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View from the fort to the East.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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View from the fort to Muztagh Ata (7546m) in the North.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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The grasslands are home to Tajik nomads.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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The fort was the capital of a small Tajik Kingdom that controlled the valley and hence the Silk Road.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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View of the Tajik grasslands from the fort.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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Dramatic views from the fort.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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The fort was destroyed by the Mongols a thousand years ago.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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Niches for Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
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Animals grazing on the grasslands and Tajik yurts.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Tashkurgan at night.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Pakistani food.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Tashkurgan International Bus Station.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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Pakistani workers boarding a bus to cross the border.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
|
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The road heading South from Tashkurgan.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Karakoram Highway is 1032km long of which 416km is in China.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The highway ascends the valley.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Snow capped mountains in the East.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Glaciers in the West.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road heads South towards Pakistan.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Rolling hills and snow capped peak.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The river is flowing northwards while the road heads south.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Karakoram Highway is a spectacular journey.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Small settlement.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Dramatic landscape.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road ascends above the tree line.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Desert and ice.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Cliffs.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Pamir Plateau.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Tajik farm with yurt.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The highway heads towards the border with Pakistan.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Dramatic rock formations.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Yurts on the grasslands.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The river flows from Tibet into Xinjiang heading North.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The river feeds the grasslands.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Isolated yurt.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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One of the Pamir peaks.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Blanket of snow.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Glacier.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Glaciated peak.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Former check point.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The road ascends to the Kunjurab Pass while the South flowing river comes from the East.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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View to the East.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Spectacular mountain scenery.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Spectacular glacier.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The bus continues to ascend.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Coloured rocks.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Spectacular glacier.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Landscape above 4000m.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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One of the many streams from Tibet.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Reminder to drivers to drive on the right in China.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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Approaching the Kunjurab Pass.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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View of the river far below.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
|
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The Karakoram Highway in China.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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The Kunjurab Pass can be seen between the higher hills.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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View to the East.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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Spectacular glacier.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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Approaching the border area.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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At this point driving changes to the left.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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Formally immigration was done at the border.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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View from the border.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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View from the border.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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A gate marks the Kunjurab Pass. At 4730m this is the highest border crossing in the world.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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Passing through the Kunjurab Pass gateway.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
Site / Event : Kunjurab Pass
|
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The China - Pakistan border.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
|
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The skyline of Shanghai in 1988. The city is China's commercial centre.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
|
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Architecture along the river in 2009.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
|
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Rush hour in Shanghai, one of the world's most populous cities.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
|
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Queuing for a river ferry.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
|
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Rush hour queue for a bus.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
District : Huangpu River
|
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The city is on the Huangpu River.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
District : Huangpu River
|
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The river is very busy.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
District : Huangpu River
|
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The Huangpu River is a 113km long artificial river that joins the Yangtse River near its mouth.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
District : Huangpu River
|
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The river averages 400m wide and 9m deep.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
District : Huangpu River
|
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Iron bridge over the river.
|
1988 |
