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pass, opening or way by which a natural or artificial barrier can be crossed. The term pass is usually applied to a relatively narrow passage through a mountainous region. A pass, like an isthmus, may have great strategic and economic importance; the history of a nation has often been determined by its success or failure in defending a pass, and land trade routes must necessarily cross passes. In the Alps, Saint Bernard Saint Bernard, two Alpine passes, both used since antiquity. The

Great Saint Bernard (alt. 8,110 ft/2,472 m), on the Italian-Swiss border, links Valais canton, Switzerland, with Valle d'Aosta, Italy.
..... Click the link for more information. , Simplon Simplon Road built (1800–1806) by Napoleon I. The Simplon Railway passes through

Simplon Tunnel I and II, one of the longest (both 12.3 mi/19.8 km) in Europe.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Saint Gotthard Saint Gotthard Pass, 6,935 ft (2,114 m) high. The pass, first extensively used in the 11th cent., has been important since then. It is crossed by the St. Gotthard Road (built 1820–30). The St.
..... Click the link for more information. are important; in the Caucasus, Daryal Daryal (däryăl`, Rus. dəryäl`) or Dariel
..... Click the link for more information. is traversed by a great military road; in Asia, Khyber Pass Khyber Pass (kī`bər), narrow, steep-sided pass, 28 mi (45 km) long, winding through the Safed Koh Mts.
..... Click the link for more information. into India and the passes of the Himalayas, Karakorum Karakorum Pass (alt. 18,290 ft/5,575 m), the chief pass, is on the main Kashmir-China route. Another important pass, Khunjerab (Kunjirap) Pass (alt. 15,420 ft/4,700 m), is on the Pakistan-China route (see Hunza ).
..... Click the link for more information. , and other ranges are important.

pass

1. a route through a range of mountains where the summit is lower or where there is a gap between peaks

2. a way through any difficult region

3. a permit, licence, or authorization to do something without restriction

4. Brit

a. the passing of a college or university examination to a satisfactory standard but not as high as honours

b. (as modifier): a pass degree

5. a dive, sweep, or bombing or landing run by an aircraft

6. a motion of the hand or of a wand as a prelude to or part of a conjuring trick

7. Sport the transfer of a ball from one player to another

8. Fencing a thrust or lunge with a sword

9. Bridge the act of passing (making no bid)

10. Bullfighting a variant of pase

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