State National Natural Park
State National Natural Park has been part of the Tentative list of Kazakhstan.
State National Natural Park "Altyn-Emel" (also included in the serial trans-national nomination “Cold winter deserts of Turan) is a National Park with mostly desertic steppe, rocky terrain and 2500 meters high mountains. The geological structure shows canyons with multi-colored dome rocks, towers composed of colored layers alternate with dry canyons, filled with calcite crystals. There is a unique phenomenon called the singing dune. The park abounds in archeological monuments of a stone age, bronze, early and late iron century, ethnographic and historico-cultural monuments, including the Besshatyr necropolis (on the Silk Road TWHS). It protects many species of animals including the Turkem kulan, the wild ram and endemic gazella.
Map of State National Natural Park
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Site Info
- Full Name
- State National Natural Park
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Added
- 2002
- Withdrawn
- 2021
- Type
- Natural
- Link
- By ID