Altai or Altay may refer to:

Places

Altai Mountains The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob River, Ob have their headwaters. The ...

, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia

In China

Altay Prefecture Altay Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. As of the 2000 census, Altay was the only major subdivisi ...

(阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China *

Altay City Altay or Aletai is a county-level city in Altay Prefecture within Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in far Northern Xinjiang, China. The city centre is located on the banks of Kelan River. Administrative divisions Altay City is divided into ...

(阿勒泰市), also spelled "Aletai", a city of Altay Prefecture

In Kazakhstan

* Altai Town, a town in Kazakhstan, until 2019 known as Zyryan or Zyryanovsk

In Mongolia

Altai City Altai (, ) is the capital of the Govi-Altai Province, Govi-Altai Aimags of Mongolia, province in western Mongolia. As of 2008, its population is 15,800.

Altai, Govi-Altai Altai () is a sum (district) of Govi-Altai Aimag (province) in western Mongolia. It is located in the south of the aimag, and is not to be confused with the aimag capital, which is also named Altai, but located in the Yesönbulag sum. Wolves ...

, a ''sum'' (district) * Altai, Bayan-Ölgii, a ''sum'' *

Altai, Khovd Altai () is a sum (district) of Khovd Province in western of Mongolia. It is 310 km away from the city of Khovd.

, a ''sum''

In Russia

Altai Krai Altai Krai (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative ce ...

, a federal subject of Russia ** Altay, Altay Krai *

Altai Republic The Altai Republic, also known as the Gorno-Altai Republic, is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. The republic borders Kemerovo Oblast to the north, Khakassia to the northeast, Tuva to the east, Altai Krai to the west, as well ...

, a federal subject of Russia

People and languages

Altay (name) Altay is a common Turkish given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name * Altay Bayındır (born 1998), Turkish footballer * Altay Mehdiyev, major general and commander of the Azerbaijani Air Forces (2009–2013) * Altay Öktem (born ...

, a list of people with the given name or surname *

Altai people The Altai people (, ), also the Altaians (, ), are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group of indigenous peoples of Siberia mainly living in the Altai Republic, Russia. Several thousand of the Altaians also live in Mongolia (Altai Mountains) and C ...

, an ethnic group **

Altai languages Altai or Altay () is a set of Turkic languages spoken officially in the Altai Republic, Russia. The standard vocabulary is based on the Southern Altai language, though it is also taught to and used by speakers of the Northern Altai language as w ...

, the languages spoken by these people

Other uses

*'' Altai'', a historical novel by Wu Ming *

Rupes Altai Rupes Altai is an escarpment in the lunar surface that is located in the southeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is named for the Altai Mountains in Asia, and is the most prominent lunar escarpment. The selenographic coordinates of this ...

, a feature of the geography of the Moon *

Altay sheep Altay is a breed of domesticated sheep originating in the dry, cold mountain basins of China. This breed belongs to the fat-rumped carpet wool type of sheep and the Kazakh group. Although the Altay grows wool, it is raised primarily for the mea ...

, a sheep breed *

Altay S.K. Altay Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed ''Büyük Altay'' (Great Altay). The club colors are black and white, and they play their home matches at the Alsancak ...

, a football club from İzmir, Turkey * Altay S.K. (women's football), women's football team from İzmir, Turkey *

Altay (tank) Altay ''(English: Red foal/colt or Altai)'' is a Turkish fourth generation main battle tank designed by Otokar based on South Korean K2 Black Panther to be produced by BMC under design assistance and technology transfer by Hyundai Rotem. ...

, a Turkish main battle tank * ''Altay''-class oiler, a Soviet Navy ship class *

Altai gas pipeline The Power of Siberia 2 (also known as Altai gas pipeline) is a proposed natural gas pipeline to export natural gas from Russia's Western Siberia Altai region to North-Eastern China. History The memorandum on deliveries of Russian natural gas to ...

, a proposed natural gas pipeline between Russia and China *

Altai (mobile telephone system) The Altai mobile telephone system is the pre-cellular 0G radiotelephone service that was first introduced in the Soviet Union in 1963, and became available in the most large cities by 1965. It is a fully automated UHF/ VHF network that allows a m ...

, a Soviet pre-cellular radiotelephone service *

Aletai meteorite The Aletai meteorite, previously also known as the Armanty meteorite or Xinjiang meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a coarse octahedrite in chemical group IIIE-an. In addition to many small fragments, at least fi ...

, a very large meteorite which consists of several fragments found in the Altay Prefecture