Aksoran ( kk, Ақсораңу; russian: Аксоран) is a mountain in
Aktogay District, Karaganda Region
Aktogay District ( kk, Ақтоғай ауданы, ) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Aktogay. Population:
Geography
Aksoran, the highest point of the Kyzyla ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
.
The mountain is located about to the ENE of
Shabanbay Bi village, formerly known as ''Shilym''. Geologically the peak is made up of
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last ...
granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
.
Geography
Aksoran rises in the
Kyzylarai
Kyzylarai ( kz, Қызыларай) is a massif located in Aktogay District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.
The place is rich in natural and historical sights. Begazy burial grounds (Begazy-Dandybai culture of the Bronze Age) are one of them. The ...
, a massif of the
Kazakh Uplands
The Kazakh Uplands ( kk, Сарыарқа, ''Saryarqa'' - "Yellow Ridge", russian: Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout th ...
(Saryarka). The mountain has a barren look and its slopes are steep, rocky and strongly dissected.
With an elevation , it is the highest mountain in the
Kazakh Uplands
The Kazakh Uplands ( kk, Сарыарқа, ''Saryarqa'' - "Yellow Ridge", russian: Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout th ...
, as well as the highest point of Central Kazakhstan.
[''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0(T.Z.),ISBN 9965-893-19-5]
See also
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Geography of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia (with 14% of the country in Eastern Europe). With an area of about Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger than Alaska. The country borders Turkmen ...
References
External links
Aksoran peak
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Kazakh Uplands
Mountains of Kazakhstan
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