Zigana Pass
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The Zigana Pass (Template:Langx) is a mountain pass situated on the Pontic Mountains in Gümüşhane Province close to its border with Trabzon Province in northeastern Turkey. The pass, at Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level, is on the route Script error: No such module "Jct". Script error: No such module "Jct". at a distance of Script error: No such module "convert". from Gümüşhane and Script error: No such module "convert". from Trabzon at the Black Sea coast. The pass is snow-covered five months a year.[1]
The Zigana Tunnel under the pass, at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level, is Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". wide and has a maximum height of Script error: No such module "convert".. It is one of longest tunnels in the country.[2]
The namesake village of Zigana, located Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of the tunnel, is a popular ski-resort.[1]
Nearby Lake Limni is reachable on foot by a Script error: No such module "convert". trail or by car on a Script error: No such module "convert". road (partly unpaved) via Kalkanlı village.[3]
On 25 January 2009, 11 hikers on Mount Zigana died in an avalanche.[4]
Zingana pass is the pass through which the Ten Thousand of Xenophon passed through on their way out of Persia ("Ξενοφων «καθοδος των μυριων") and shouted Thalatta! Thalatta! ( the sea! the sea!) when they saw the coast of Trabzon (Τραπεζουντα) at the Black Sea.
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Lilies at Zigana Pass
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