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The park includes the Mongolian side of the Tavan Bogd massif, which is divided by the triple border with Russia and China in the Altai Mountains. [1] [2] It covers 6362 square kilometres and is located south of Tavan Bogd, the highest mountain of Mongolia. It includes the lakes Khoton, Khurgan, and Dayan.
The Tavan Bogd massif is located mostly within the Bayan-Ölgii Province of Mongolia; its northern slopes are in Russia's Altai Republic, and western, in China's Burqin County. Besides the Khüiten Peak, the Tavan Bogd massif includes four other peaks: Nairamdal, Malchin, Bürged (eagle) and Ölgii (motherland). [2]
This nomination comprises three properties in the Mongolian Altai Mountains, the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park (Tavan Bogd, the country's highest mountain, pictured) and two areas in the Siilkhem mountain National Park. Different cultures left mark on the area. The petroglyph complexes at Tavan Bogd are already listed as a World Heritage Site.
Located in the Altai Mountains at the western extreme of Mongolia, the park ("Altai five saints nature complex") includes Tavan Bogd, the highest mountain in Mongolia. Within the park is The (UNESCO) World Heritage Site 'Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai'. [1] [2] 2 Gobi Gurvansaikhan: SouthGobi Province
Another peak, which is about 2.5 km north of it, marks the border tripoint between Russia, Mongolia, and China; the name of that peak is given in international agreements and on maps as Tavan Bogd Peak (Russian: Таван-Богдо-Ула, Tavan-Bogdo-Ula; Mongolian: Таван богд уул, Tabhan bogd uul), or Mount Kuitun (Chinese ...
The Potanin Glacier is the longest glacier in Mongolia, it stretches about 14 kilometres and located through in the Altai Tavan Bogd mountain in Altai Mountains. [1] The glacier is named after explorer Grigory Potanin. As with many other glaciers around the world, the Potanin Glacier is gradually decreasing in size.
Tavan Bogd: Mönkhkhairkhan: 4231: 46°53′24″N 91°28′24″E: Mongolia: Mongol-Altai Mountains Sutai: 4220: 46°37′03″N 93°35′39″E: Mongolia: Mongol ...
Mongol Altai Mountains Malchin Peak ( Mongolian : Малчин оргил [ˈmaɬtɕʰɪ̆ɴ ˈœɾɞ̆ɟɪɬ] ; lit. ' Herder Peak ' ) is the one of five peaks of the Tavan Bogd mountain on the Mongolia–Russia border .