Dzungarian Alatau

Dzungarian Alatau
Geography
Map
LocationBoundary between the Dzungaria region of China and the Zhetysu region of Kazakhstan
Climbing
Easiest routeBuses from Almaty
Megaliths. The Kora River gorge and valley in Djungar Alatau Mountains 1863 (nowadays eastern Kazakhstan)[1][2]

The Dzungarian Alatau (Mongolian: Зүүнгарын Алатау, Züüngaryn Alatau; Chinese: 阿拉套山; pinyin: Ālātào Shān; Kazakh: Жетісу Алатауы, Jetısu Alatauy; Russian: Джунгарский Алатау, Dzhungarskiy Alatau) is a mountain range that lies on the boundary of the Dzungaria region of China and the Zhetysu region of Kazakhstan. It has a length of 450 km (280 mi) and a maximum elevation of 4,464 m (14,646 ft).

  1. ^ Atkinson, Thomas-Witlam (1863). "Travel on the Russian-Chinese borders and in the steppes of Central Asia". Le Tour du Monde: 369–384.
  2. ^ Lanoye, Ferdinand de (1868). La Sibérie d'après les voyageurs les plus récents. The Library of Congress. Paris, Hachette.