mountain pass

navigable route, typically through a saddle or its vicinity, to cross a mountain range or a ridge
Thing feature_type Q133056
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Summary

mountain pass is a feature type[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of feature type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,779 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crosses: ridge[3], mountain range[4]
  • Subclass of: geographic location[5], geographical feature[6], way[7]
  • Part of: road[8]
  • Commons category: Mountain passes[9]
  • Said to be the same as: Joch (Gebirge)[10]
  • Has part(s): mountain pass saddle point[11], pass area[12]
  • Highest point: mountain pass saddle point[13]
  • Located in/on physical feature: mountain saddle[14], notch[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mountain passes[16]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox mountain pass[17]
  • Has characteristic: pass elevation[18]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/MountainPass[19]
  • Different from: narrows[20], mountain saddle[21], sill[22]
  • Properties for this type: P2505[23], P81[24], P669[25]
  • Uses: gap[26]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000084[27]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from mountain passes[28]
  • P14692: Baghdad[29]

Why It Matters

mountain pass has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 00000084
    Has part(s) → mountain pass saddle point, pass area
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'av', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 00000084, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143353790|mountain pass (#143353790)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment "
  2. 6w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → pass elevation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: pass elevation"
  3. 6w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Yale lux id → concept/88120b28-c7b3-41cb-b871-5305d9d5db09, concept/c6c0c800-b168-47c5-9da6-71c6bdedc2fb
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300259572
    Subclass of → geographic location, geographical feature, way
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: gap"
  4. 10w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kbpedia id → MountainPass, Pass-Geographical
    Geonames feature code → T.PASS
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Geonames feature code: T.PASS, Moving from col"
  5. 10w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → narrows, mountain saddle, sill
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: sill"
  6. 10w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Baghdad
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14692: Q1530"
  7. 10w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Joch (Gebirge)
    Crosses → ridge, mountain range
    Located in/on physical feature → mountain saddle, notch
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Joch (Gebirge)"
  8. 11w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → gap
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Uses: gap"
  9. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mountain-passes
    Subclass of → geographic location, geographical feature, way
    Instance of → feature type
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mountain-passes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955048|mountain passes (#289955048)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  10. 12w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → geographic location, geographical feature, way
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: thoroughfare"
  11. 14w ago · Infovarius · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → feature type
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: open polygonal chain"
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