Bolan Pass

American  

[boh-lahn] / boʊˈlɑn /

noun

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

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Bolan Pass British  

/ bəʊˈlɑːn /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Earlier this month, the BLA hijacked a train in Bolan Pass, seizing hundreds of passengers.

From BBC

Authorities claimed they were militants killed after the Bolan Pass train hijacking, though this could not be independently verified.

From BBC

In the depths of central Pakistan's Bolan Pass, a pocket of wilderness so remote that there is no internet or mobile network coverage, the nine-coach Jaffar Express ground to a halt.

From BBC

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