Wakhan Corridor
Afghanistan's eastern finger
The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of territory in northeastern Afghanistan, extending about 200 miles between Tajikistan to the north and Pakistan to the south, reaching China at its eastern tip.
Created in the late 19th century as a buffer zone between the British and Russian empires, it remains one of the most remote and inaccessible regions in the world.
- Marco Polo sheepWild mountain ram of Central Asia
- TajikistanCentral Asian republic
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- Hindu KushAsian mountain range
panhandle · frontier · passes · nomadic tribes · ancient trade routes · nomads · caravan · border · narrow · remote · peaks · isolation · Pakistan · altitude · geopolitical · China · yaks · mountains
- AfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Pashtun, Tajik, Helmand
- Hindu KushHindu Kush, Khyber Pass, mountain passes, peaks, ridges
- Pamir Region
- TajikistanPamirs, provinces, cities, alpine meadows, mountain trekking
- Central AsiaKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
geopolitical function
Wakhan CorridorSilk Road
Historic transcontinental trade network
Suez Canal · Panama Canal · Strait of Malacca · Khyber Pass · Bosphorus