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12-528: 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

24-776: A home for many species of alpine animal, such as the Argali sheep, Ibex, Red deer, Beech marten, Moose, Snow cock, and Golden eagle. On the Russian side of the border, the Ukok Plateau , adjacent to the Tavan Bogd massif from the north, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site called the Golden Mountains of Altai . The glacier-fed stream on the western, Chinese, slope of the massif flow into

36-528: A mountain covered with perpetual snows, the three states have agreed not to install a border marker at the tripoint. Other sources claim that the tripoint is called Nairamdal Peak , but this is not confirmed either by official agreements or by maps. Some other peaks of the Tavan Bogd massif are located on the China–Mongolia border or the Mongolia–Russia border . In particular, the massif tallest point,

48-706: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tavan Bogd The Five Saints , known in Mongolian as the Tabhan Bogd ( / ˈ t æ v ə n b ɒ ɡ d / ; Таван богд [ˈtʰaw̜əɴ pɔxt] ), is a mountain massif in Mongolia , near the triple border with China and Russia. Its highest peak, the Khüiten Peak (formerly also known as Nairamdal Peak), is the highest point of Mongolia at 4374 meters above sea level. The Tavan Bogd massif

60-541: Is located inside Altai Tavan Bogd National Park. 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. This Mongolia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a protected area in Asia

72-698: 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 ). According to the relevant trilateral agreements and published topographic maps, the junction point of

84-701: The Khüiten Peak , is located on the China–Mongolia border, about 2.5 km south of the tripoint. In the past, it was known as the "Friendship Peak" (Nairamdal Uul in Mongolian, or Youyi Feng 友谊峰 in Chinese). The main peaks of the Tavanbogd massif are: According to satellite measurements, the total area of the glaciation in the Tavan Bogd massif area amounted to 204 km in 2009. The glaciates area

96-621: The Altai Tavan Bogd mountain in Altai Mountains . The glacier is named after explorer Grigory Potanin . As with many other glaciers around the world, the Potanin Glacier is gradually decreasing in size. Over a 6-year period of observation, September 2003 to September 2009, it retreated by about 90 meters, thus recording an average retreat rate of 15 m/year. It also has become thinner, especially in its lower parts;

108-772: The China–Russia border , the China–Mongolia border , and the Mongolia–Russia border is the top of a peak with the elevation of 4081 or 4104 m, at the coordinates 49°10′13.5″N 87°48′56.3″E  /  49.170417°N 87.815639°E  / 49.170417; 87.815639 The mountain peak is referred to in the agreements and maps as the Tavan Bogd Peak ( Russian : Таван-Богдо-Ула , Tavan-Bogdo-Ula; Mongolian : Таван Богд Уул , Tavan Bogd Uul), or Mount Kuitun ( Chinese : 奎屯山 ; pinyin : Kuítún shān ). Due to its remote and hard to access location, on

120-523: The Russian researchers, the glaciers of the massif's northern slope lost 11% of their area between 1962 and 2002, and another 12% in 2002–2009. Special protected areas have been designated in all three nations sharing the Tavan Bogd. The Mongolian part of the Tavan Bogd massif is within the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park . The park covers 6,362 km . It includes the lakes Khoton, Khurgan, and Dayan. The protected area offers

132-806: The small Akkul Lake ( 阿克库勒湖 ), which in its turn drains into the Kanas Lake farther south; the Kanas Lake area has been designated AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration . An area of 5,588 km has been designated as the Kanas Nature Reserve ( zh:喀纳斯湖自然风景保护区 ). Potanin Glacier The Potanin Glacier is the longest glacier in Mongolia , it stretches about 14 kilometres and located through in

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144-624: Was 213 km in 1989; in other words, the glaciers lost 4.2% of their area over those 20 years. Out of the countries that share the massif, the largest glaciated area is in Mongolia; it includes the Potanin Glacier (Mongolia's longest) and the Alexandra Glacier . According to a 2011 estimate, the northern (Russian) slope of the Tavan Bogd massif contains 12 glaciers , which cover the total of 22.8 km . According to

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