Altai or Altay may refer to:

Places

Altai Mountains The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob River, Ob have their headwaters. The m ...

, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia

In China

Altay Prefecture Altay Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. At the 2000 census, Altay was the only major subdivision of Ili ...

(阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China *

Altay City Altay is a county-level city in Altay Prefecture within Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in far Northern Xinjiang, China. The city centre is located on the slopes of Kelan River. Administrative divisions Subdistricts () *Jinshan (Altin Taw ...

(阿勒泰市), also spelled "Aletai", a city of Altay Prefecture

In Kazakhstan

* Altai Town, a town in Kazakhstan, until 2019 known as Zyryan or Zyryanovsk

In Mongolia

* Altai City * Altai, Govi-Altai, a ''sum'' (district) *

Altai, Bayan-Ölgii Altai ( mn, Алтай) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. As of 2014 it had a population of 3983 people. History Altai sum was established on February 12, 1959, by the Decree of the Presidium of the MPC of the Mo ...

, a ''sum'' *

Altai, Khovd Altai ( mn, Алтай) is a sum (district) of Khovd Province in western of Mongolia. It is 310 km away from the city of Khovd.

, a ''sum''

In Russia

Altai Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...

, a federal subject of Russia ** Altay, Altay Krai *

Altai Republic The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...

, a federal subject of Russia

People and languages

Altay (name) Altay is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: People with the given name Altay *Altay Sarsenuly Amanzholov (1934–2012), Kazakh Turkologist *Altay Bayındır (born 1998), Turkish footballer *Altay Mehdiyev, major general and ...

, a list of people with the given name or surname *

Altai people The Altai people ( alt, Алтай-кижи, Altai-kizhi), also the Altaians ( alt, Алтайлар, Altailar), are a Turkic ethnic group of indigenous peoples of Siberia mainly living in the Altai Republic, Russia. Several thousand of the Al ...

, an ethnic group **

Altai languages Altai ( alt, Алтай тил, Altay til) is a set of Turkic languages, spoken officially in the Altai Republic, Russia. The standard vocabulary is based on the Southern Altai language, though it's also taught to and used by speakers of the Nor ...

, the languages spoken by these people

Other uses

*'' Altai'', a historical novel by Wu Ming *

Rupes Altai Rupes Altai is an escarpment in the lunar surface that is located in the southeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is named for the Altai Mountains in Asia, and is the most prominent lunar escarpment. The selenographic coordinates of this ...

, a feature of the geography of the Moon * Altay sheep, a sheep breed * Altay S.K., a football club from İzmir, Turkey *

Altay S.K. (women's football) Altay S.K. women's football, ( tr, Altay Spor Kulübü Kadın Futbol Takımı), is a Turkish women's football team as part of Altay S.K. based in İzmir. Founded in 2020, the black-white colored team play currently in the Turkish Women's Football ...

, women's football team from İzmir, Turkey *

Altay (tank) Altay is a Turkish modern main battle tank based on South Korean K2 Black Panther to be produced by BMC under design assistance and technology transfer by Hyundai Rotem. It is named in honor of Army General Fahrettin Altay who commanded the 5th ...

, a Turkish main battle tank * ''Altay''-class oiler, a Soviet Navy ship class *

Altai gas pipeline The Altai gas pipeline (also known as Power of Siberia 2) is a proposed natural gas pipeline to export natural gas from Russia's Western Siberia to North-Western China. History The memorandum on deliveries of Russian natural gas to China was sig ...

, a proposed natural gas pipeline between Russia and China *

Altai (mobile telephone system) The Altai mobile telephone system is the pre-cellular 0G radiotelephone service that was first introduced in the Soviet Union in 1963, and became available in the most large cities by 1965. It is a fully automated UHF/ VHF network that allows a m ...

, a Soviet pre-cellular radiotelephone service