Diphu Pass

Diphu Pass is a mountain pass around the area of the disputed tri-point borders of India, China, and Myanmar. Diphu Pass is also a strategic approach to eastern Arunachal Pradesh in India.[1] It lies on the McMahon Line.[2] It is located in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, 120 km northeast of district headquarter at Hawai via Hawai-Walong-Dong-Kibithu-Kaho-Dhipu Pass route. Kaho on LAC is 40 km west of Dhipu Pass. Walong airstrip, 60 km away, has the nearest air connectivity.

Diphu Pass
Diphu Pass is located in Arunachal Pradesh
Diphu Pass
Diphu Pass
Elevation4,587 m (15,049 ft)
LocationChina–India–Myanmar tripoint
RangeBaxoila Ling (Hengduan Mountains)
Coordinates28°9′0″N 97°20′0″E
Diphu Pass
Traditional Chinese底富山口
Simplified Chinese底富山口

In October 1960 China and Burma demarcated their border to the Diphu Pass, which is 5 miles south of the watershed of the mountain ranges. However, this caused a diplomatic row with India, which expected the tri-point to be at the watershed.[3][4] The dispute has become part of the ongoing border disagreement between China and India regarding Arunachal Pradesh.

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References
  1. Calvin, James Barnard (2 April 1984). "The China-India Border War (1962)". globalsecurity.org. Marine Corps Command and Staff College. Retrieved 2 February 2017. this placed Diphu Pass--a strategic approach to eastern Assam--in Chinese territory.
  2. Tzou, Byron N (1990). China and International Law: The Boundary Disputes. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 128. ISBN 9780275934620. the so-called McMahon Line (that is, from Diphu Pass to Izrazi Pass)
  3. Eekelen, Willem van (6 November 2015). Indian Foreign Policy and the Border Dispute with China: A New Look at Asian Relationships. BRILL. p. 121. ISBN 9789004304314.
  4. The Geographer, Office of the Geographer (30 November 1964). "Burma - China Boundary" (PDF). International Boundary Study. Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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