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Trans-Ili Alatau

Ile Alatau, also spelt as Trans-Ili Alatau, is a part of the Northern mountain system in and . It is the northernmost mountain range of Tian Shan, stretching for about 350 km with a maximal elevation of 4,973 m.
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Photo: Ds02006, Public domain.
  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 3,163 metres
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as: “Ala Tau”, “Hrebet Zailijskij Alatau”, “Ila Alatau”, “Ile Ala Toosu”, “Ile Alatauy Zhotasy”, “Ile Alatawı”, “Khrebet Zailiyskiy Alatau”, “Khrebet Zailyskiy Ala-Tau”, “Trans-Ili”, “Zailijskij Alatau”, “Zailiyskiy Ala-Tau Range”, and “Алматы Алатауы”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Almaty Nature Reserve and Pik Talgar.

Nature reserve
Photo: Makvlad, Public domain.
Almaty State Natural Reserve is a 71,700 ha nature reserve in the , , in the central part of the Trans-Ili Alatau ridge. In 1966, the Singing Mountain desert area was added to the reserve, but in January 1983 the natural monument was placed under the jurisdiction of the Kapchagai Hunting Sector.

Peak
Photo: Makvlad, Public domain.
Peak Talgar is a northern peak in the mountain range in , named after river and city. It is the highest peak of the Trans-Ili Alatau.

Trans-Ili Alatau

Latitude
43.12038° or 43° 7′ 13″ north
Longitude
77.35932° or 77° 21′ 34″ east
Elevation
3,163 metres (10,377 feet)
Open location code
8JMV49C5+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1738489019
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
1485564
Wiki­data ID
Q634401
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Satellite Map

Discover Trans-Ili Alatau from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Venetian—“Trans-Ili Alatau” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Заілійскі Алатау”
  • Bulgarian: “Заилийски Алатау”
  • Cebuano: “Ile Alataūy Zhotasy”
  • Chinese: “外伊犁阿拉套”
  • Czech: “Zailijský Alatau”
  • Dutch: “Trans-Ili Alatau”
  • Finnish: “Ilin Alatau”
  • French: “Trans-Ili Alataou”
  • French: “Trans-Ili Alatau”
  • Georgian: “იმიერილის ალათაუ”
  • German: “Ile Alatauy”
  • German: “Transili-Alatau”
  • Hungarian: “Ilintúli Alatau”
  • Hungarian: “Trans-Ili Alatau”
  • Hungarian: “Иле алатоо, тоо”
  • Hungarian: “Іле Алатауы”
  • Italian: “Trans-Ili Alatau”
  • Japanese: “イリ・アラタウ山脈”
  • Japanese: “イリ・アララト山脈”
  • Japanese: “ザイリスキー・アラタウ山脈”
  • Kazakh: “Іле Алатауы”
  • Kirghiz: “Иле Ала-Тоосу”
  • Kirghiz: “Иле алатоо, тоо”
  • Ladin: “Trans-Ili Alatau”
  • Latin: “Alatau Transiliensis”
  • Latvian: “Iles Alatau”
  • Lithuanian: “Užilės Alatau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transili-Alatau”
  • Persian: “ایله آلاتاو”
  • Polish: “Ałatau Zailijski”
  • Polish: “łańcuch górski Ałatau Zailijski, Zailijskij Ałatau (trb.)”
  • Russian: “Заилийский Алатау”
  • Spanish: “Trans-Ili Alatau”
  • Swedish: “Zailijskij Alatau”
  • Turkish: “Trans-İli Ala Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Заілійський Алатау”
  • Uzbek: “Orqa ili olatovi”
  • Uzbek: “Orqa Ili Olatovi”
  • Venetian: “Trans-Ili Alatau”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Trans-Ili Alatau”. Photo: Ds02006, Public domain.