Diphu Pass

Diphu Pass
Diphu Pass is located in Arunachal Pradesh
Diphu Pass
Diphu Pass
Elevation4,587 m (15,049 ft)
LocationChina–India–Myanmar tripoint
RangeBaxoila Ling (Hengduan Mountains)
Coordinates28°9′0″N 97°20′0″E / 28.15000°N 97.33333°E / 28.15000; 97.33333
Diphu Pass
Traditional Chinese底富山口
Simplified Chinese底富山口
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDǐfù Shānkǒu

Diphu Pass is a mountain pass on the border between India and Myanmar, close to their trijunction with China. The provinces on the two sides of the border are the Arunachal Pradesh state of India and the Kachin State of Myanmar. The Burma part of the 1914 McMahon Line, which demarcated the border between British India and Tibet, runs from Diphu Pass to the Isu Razi Pass.[1]

History

In October 1960, China and Burma (now Myanmar) demarcated their border to Diphu Pass, which is 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) south of the watershed of the mountain ranges. However, this caused a diplomatic row with India, which expected the tri-point to be at the watershed.[2][3] The dispute has become part of the ongoing border disagreement between China and India regarding Arunachal Pradesh.

Geography

It is located in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, 120 km northeast of district headquarter at Hawai via Hawai-Walong-Dong-Kibithu-Kaho-Dhipu Pass route. Kaho on LAC is 40 km west of Diphu Pass.

Transport

Road

It is approximately 30km away from Dong, Arunachal Pradesh.

Airway

Nearest air connectivity is 60 km away at Walong airstrip.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tzou, Byron N (1990). China and International Law: The Boundary Disputes. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 128. ISBN 9780275934620. the so-called McMahon Line (that is, from Diphu Pass to Izrazi Pass)
  2. ^ Eekelen, Willem van (6 November 2015). Indian Foreign Policy and the Border Dispute with China: A New Look at Asian Relationships. BRILL. p. 121. ISBN 9789004304314.
  3. ^ The Geographer, Office of the Geographer (30 November 1964). "Burma - China Boundary" (PDF). International Boundary Study. Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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