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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mountain pass in Ladakh, India}}<br />
{{Infobox mountain pass<br />
| name = Saser Pass<br />
| photo = Sasser Pass, Nubra ca. 1857.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Saser Pass, Nubra c. 1857<br />
| elevation_m = 5411<br />
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| traversed = <br />
| location = [[Ladakh]], [[India]]<br />
| range = [[Karakoram Range]]<br />
| map = India Ladakh#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Ladakh<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|35|2|N|77|44|E|type:pass|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Saser Pass |url=http://www.geonames.org/1257080/saser-pass.html |author=GeoNames.org |access-date=2009-07-03}}</ref><br />
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}}<br />
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'''Saser Pass''', '''Saser La''', or '''Sasser Pass''' (el. {{convert|5411|m|disp=or|abbr=on|sigfig=5}}) is a high [[mountain pass]] in [[Ladakh]] and [[India]] on the ancient summer caravan route from [[Leh]] in Ladakh to [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]] in the [[Tarim Basin]]. It leads from the head of the [[Nubra Valley]] into the upper [[Shyok]] valley, on the way to the even higher, but easier, [[Karakoram Pass]].<br />
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==History==<br />
:"This was the notorious Sasser, not the highest but probably the most impressive and dangerous [of the passes along the caravan route between Ladakh and Yarkand]."<ref>Keay, John. ''When Men and Mountains Meet'', p. 182. (1977) Reprint: Oxford University Press. Karachi, 1993. {{ISBN|0-19-577465-5}}.</ref><br />
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The Saser Pass could not be avoided in summer and took a huge toll on caravan pack animals, such as ponies and mules. It was too icy for the [[Bactrian camel]]s, which were the usual pack animals to the north of the Saser Pass.<ref>''Trails to Inmost Asia: Five Years of Exploration with the Roerich Central Asian Expedition'', p. 42. George N. Roerich. 1931. Reprint by Book Faith India, Delhi. 1996. {{ISBN|81-7303-032-4}}.</ref><br />
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Saser Pass lies 37&nbsp;km southeast of the [[Siachen Glacier]] area that the 1972 [[Simla Agreement]] between India and [[Pakistan]] failed to define clearly.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*''Trans-Himalayan Caravans: Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh''. Janet Rizvi. Oxford University Press. New Delhi. 1999. {{ISBN|0-19-564855-2}}.<br />
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{{Mountain passes of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Mountain passes of Ladakh]]<br />
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Karakoram]]<br />
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Himalayas]]</div>->Sammi Brie