Rohtang Pass (Hindi: रोहतांग दर्रा) (Bhoti: Rohtang, lit: pile of corpses, due to people dying in bad weather trying to cross the pass) (altitude 3,978 m or 13,051 ft), is a high mountain pass on the eastern Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas around 51 km (32 mi) from Manali. It connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahaul and Spiti Valleys of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Manali-Leh Highway, a part of NH 21, transverses Rohtang Pass.
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