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| name = Banihal Pass<br />
| photo = File:Banihal Pass.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Banihal Pass, (pic: ''Shoaib Tantray'')<br />
| elevation_m = 2832<br />
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| location = [[India]]<br />
| range = [[Pir Panjal]], [[Himalayas]]<br />
| coords = {{coord|33|31|N|75|16|E|type:pass|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
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'''Banihal Pass''' ([[Hindi]]: बनिहाल दर्रा [[Urdu]]: بانہال درا) is a [[List of mountain passes#India|mountain pass]] across the [[Pir Panjal Range]] at a maximum elevation of {{convert|2832|m|abbr=on}}. It connects the [[Kashmir Valley]] in the [[union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] to the outer [[Himalaya]] and the [[Indo-Gangetic plain|plains]] to the south. In the [[Kashmiri language]], "Banihāl" means blizzard.<ref>{{cite web <br />
|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/51855/Banihal-Pass<br />
|title=Banihāl Pass.<br />
|author= Encyclopædia Britannica Online<br />
|access-date=2009-06-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090604015122/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/51855/Banihal-Pass| archive-date= 4 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref><br />
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The road from [[Jammu (city)|Jammu]] to [[Srinagar]] transversed Banihal Pass until 1956 when the [[Jawahar Tunnel]] was constructed under the pass. The road now passes through the tunnel and the Banihal Pass is no longer used for road transport.<br />
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The Banihal pass is the place where the scene change you will see a sharp change in nature and mountains. The natural surroundings of Kashmir unfold themselves on the journey both through the Banihal and the Jehlum valley roads. <br />
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Zaban Glacier is a famous hill station located in the Sanglaab Valley, close to the Banihal Pass. This glacier is situated to the west of the village of Khairkoot. The glacier is almost 2 km long in the lap of Sundur Top (3,660 m above sea level)<br />
Zaban Glacier is also the origin of Bachliri Nallaha, the main tributary of the [[Chenab River]]. Local tourists visit this glacier from March to mid-May. The glacier is connected by road to the [[Jammu-Srinagar National Highway]], en route from [[Nowgam, Anantnag|Nowgam]]. It is almost 3 km from Nowgam and 2 km from Sanglaab colony.<br />
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