Shanhai Pass
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The Shanhai Pass is a major fortified gateway at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China and one of its most crucial fortifications, as the pass commands the narrowest choke point in the strategic
Old Dragon's Head (老龙头), part of Shanhai Pass, is where the Great Wall meets the Bohai Sea
The "Greatest Pass Under Heaven" plaque on Shanhaiguan's main gate
Shanhaiguan, painted by a passing traveler in 1900
The Shanhai Pass is where the Great Wall of China meets the ocean (at the Bohai Sea).
Bohai Sea
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The Bohai Sea is a gulf/inland sea approximately 77,000 km2 in area on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects via the
Shanhai Pass
…the pass commands the narrowest choke point in the strategic Liaoxi Corridor, an elongated coastal plain between the Yan Mountains foothills and the Bohai Sea, which is the only easily traversable landway between North and Northeast China. It is located in present-day Shanhaiguan District, Qinhuangdao, Hebei…
Rocky shore in Dalian, Liaoning
Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao
Zhifu, Yantai
Binhai, Tianjin