Khantau ( kz, Хантау; russian: Горы Хантау) is a
massif located in
Jambyl Region,
Kazakhstan.
Khantau
Khantau ( kz, Хантау; russian: Горы Хантау) is a massif located in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.
Khantau (village), Khantau village, Moiynkum District, lies to the west of the NW slopes. There are ancient petroglyphs in the mountai ...
village,
Moiynkum District
Moiynkum ( kk, Мойынқұм ауданы, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of Moiynkum.
Geography
The district is named after the Moiynkum Desert. Parts of ...
, lies to the west of the NW slopes. There are ancient
petroglyphs in the mountains.
Geography
The Khantau massif is part of the northern section of the
Aitau, a northern prolongation of the
Chu-Ili Range
The Chu-Ili Range ( kk, Шу-Іле таулары) is a range of mountains in Kazakhstan. Administratively it is part of the Almaty Region, Almaty and Zhambyl Region, Zhambyl regions.
The M36 Highway (Kazakhstan), M36 Highway skirts the range alo ...
. It is located to the south of the southeastern end of the
Mayzharylgan. It extends from northwest to southeast for about . The
Aksuyek river has its sources in the range.
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The average elevation of the hills in the Khantau is between and . The highest point of the massif is high
Mount Sunkar
Sunkar ( kk, Сұңқар) is a mountain in Moiynkum District, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.
Geography
Sunkar rises in the northern flank of the Khantau massif, the northern section of the Aitau, part of the Chu-Ili Range. With an elevation , it ...
, which is also the highest summit of the Aitau Range.
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Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5Мойынкумский район Mountains, PeakVisor
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Flora
The terrain is gray and cut by deep ravines in places. The range slopes are covered mainly by ''Artemisia''s.
See also
* 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
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Khantau Mountains and petroglyphs in the Khantau MountainsPetroglyphs of Kazakhstan - Voices On Cental AsiaTraditions of Settlement in Bronze Age Zhetysu (Kazakhstan)
Mountain ranges of Kazakhstan
Jambyl Region
Chu-Ili Range