Sunkar () is a mountain in
Moiynkum District,
Jambyl Region
Jambyl or Zhambyl Region (; ), formerly known as Dzhambul Region () until 1991, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is Taraz. The population of the region is 1,209,665; the city is 335,100. The region borders Kyrgyzstan, and is ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
.
Geography
Sunkar rises in the northern flank of the
Khantau massif, the northern section of the
Aitau
Aitau () is a mountain range located in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.
The range rises in an almost uninhabited area. Khantau village, Moiynkum District, lies to the west of the slopes of the Khantau massif, the northern section of the range.
Ge ...
, part of the
Chu-Ili Range
The Chu-Ili Range () is a mountain range in Kazakhstan. Administratively it is part of the Almaty and Zhambyl regions.
The M36 Highway skirts the range along its northeastern flank.Google Earth
Geography
The Chu-Ili Range is ancient and heav ...
. With an elevation , it is the highest summit of the range.
[''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5]
See also
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Geography of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, with a small portion in Eastern Europe. With an area of about Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world, more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger ...
References
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External links
Чу-Илийские горы - Алматы
Chu-Ili Range
Mountains of Kazakhstan