Bolan Pass

[ boh-lahn ]

noun

1. a mountain pass in W Pakistan. About 60 miles (97 km) long.

Bolan Pass

/ bəʊˈlɑːn /

noun

1. a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)

Example Sentences

A major railway bridge washed away between Kolpur and Mach in Bolan Pass, cutting off Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan, from the rest of country for indefinite period, officials said.

From Reuters

The other illustration here is from an article about a British military light railway built in 1885 in the Bolan Pass in what is now Pakistan.

From Scientific American

The best way to protect India from attack was to create buffer states along invasion routes, namely the Bolan Pass and Khyber Pass in Afghanistan.

From Forbes

Many of their leaders settled in the bustling Pakistan city of Quetta, once an outpost of the British Empire that guarded the southern gateway to India from Afghanistan through the Bolan Pass.

From New York Times

At other times it is recommended to us because it protects the trade through the Bolan Pass, and enables us to threaten Kabul.

From Project Gutenberg