Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

National park in Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia

48°33′N 88°37′E / 48.550°N 88.617°E / 48.550; 88.617Area6,362 square kilometres (2,456 sq mi)Established1996Governing bodyMinistry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia

Altai Tavan Bogd National Park (Mongolian: Алтай Таван богд байгалийн цогцолбор газар, ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢᠲᠠᠪᠤᠨᠪᠣᠭᠳᠠᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠠᠯ ᠤᠨᠴᠣᠭᠴᠠᠯᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ Altai five saints nature complex) is a national park in Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. 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 protected area is inhabited by species such as the Argali sheep, Ibex, Red deer, Beech marten, Moose, Snow leopard, Snow cock, and Golden eagle.

The (UNESCO) World Heritage Site Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai is located inside Altai Tavan Bogd National Park.^[3] The World Heritage Site covers three locations with several thousand petroglyphs and Turkic monoliths, including the Tsagaan Salaa Rock Paintings with over 10,000 cave drawings in 15 km of river valley.^[4]

References

^ "Altai Tavan Bogd National Park" (in Mongolian). Bayan-Ulgii Province. Archived from the original on June 20, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
^ "Altai Tavan range". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
^ "Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ UNESCO World Heritage Centre https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/934/. Retrieved 2021-03-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)