Zigana Pass


The Zigana Pass 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 above sea level, is on the route at a distance of from Gümüşhane and from Trabzon at the Black Sea coast. The pass is snow-covered five months a year.
The Zigana Tunnel under the pass, at an elevation of above sea level, is long, wide and has a maximum height of. It is one of longest tunnels in the country.
The namesake village of Zigana, located southwest of the tunnel, is a popular ski-resort.
Nearby Lake Limni is reachable on foot by a trail or by car on a paved road via Kalkanlı village.
On 25 January 2009, an avalanche killed 11 hikers on Mount Zigana.

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