Wakhan National Park

Afghanistan / Badahsan / Qaleh-ye Panjeh /
 frontier, national park

Wakhan National Park is a national park in Afghanistan. Established in 2014, the park comprises the entire district of Wakhan, extending along the Wakhan Corridor between the Pamir mountains and the Hindu Kush, bordering Tajikistan to the north, Pakistan to the south, and China to the east. Flora and fauna include some 600 plant species, the snow leopard, lynx, wolf, brown bear, stone marten, red fox, Pallas's cat, ibex, Marco Polo sheep, and urial.
The borders of the national park coincide with the so-called Vakhan Corridor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakhan_Corridor
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Coordinates:   36°56'13"N   73°12'32"E

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