# Dolon Pass

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**Dolon Pass** (Kyrgyz: Долон ашуусу) is a [pass](/source/Mountain_pass) located between the [Songköl Too](/source/Songk%C3%B6l_Too) and the [Bayduluu Range](/source/Bayduluu_Range) in [Naryn Region](/source/Naryn_Region), [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan). The pass lies at 3,030 metres (9,940 ft).[1] Highway of international significance ЭМ-11 (as per the national road classification[2]) connecting [Bishkek](/source/Bishkek), [Balykchy](/source/Balykchy), [Naryn](/source/Naryn), [Torugart](/source/Torugart), and Kyrgyzstan-China border, which is also known as [European route E125](/source/European_route_E125) and [Asian Highway 61](/source/AH61) in Kyrgyzstan, traverses the pass.

## In popular culture

In [Chingiz Aitmatov](/source/Chingiz_Aitmatov)'s novella My Little Poplar in a Red Headscarf (from a collection of stories Tales of the Mountains and Steppes) Dolon Pass is a part of the storyline as a difficult mountain pass.

## References

1. *ru:Иссык-Куль. Нарын. Энциклопедия.* [Issyk-Kul. Naryn.Encyclopedia.] (in Russian). Frunze: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1991. p. 512. ISBN 5-89750-009-6.

1. ["Order of classification and numeration of public roads in Kyrgyz Republic"](http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ky-kg/100245) [Кыргыз Республикасынын аймагында жалпы пайдалануудагы автомобиль жолдорун классификациялоо жана номерлештирүү Тартиби] (Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic) (in ky). 18 August 2017.

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