- Sasser Pass
Infobox Mountain Pass
Name = Sasser Pass
Photo = Sasser Pass, Nubra ca. 1857.jpg
Caption = Sasser Pass, Nubra c. 1857
Elevation = 5411 m./17,753 ft.
Location =India
Range =Karakorum Range
Coordinates =
Topographic
Traversed by =Sasser Pass or Saser-la (el. 5411 m./17,753 ft.) is a high
mountain pass inIndia on the ancient summer caravan route fromLadakh toYarkand in theTarim Basin . It leads from the head of theNubra Valley into the upperShyok valley, on the way to the even higher, but easier,Karakorum Pass .:"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] ." [Keay, John. "When Men and Mountains Meet", p. 182. (1977) Reprint: Oxford University Press. Karachi, 1993. ISBN 0-19-577465-5. ]
Sasser Pass could not be avoided in summer and took a huge toll of 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 Sasser Pass.References
*"Trails to Inmost Asia: Five Years of Exploration with the Roerich Central Asian Expedition". George N. Roerich. 1931. Reprint by Book Faith India, Delhi. 1996. ISBN 81-7303-032-4.
*"Trans-Himalayan Caravans: Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh". Janet Rizvi. Oxford University Press. New Delhi. 1999. ISBN 0-19-564855-2.
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