Big Almaty peak
The Ulqen Almaty peak is a mountain peak of the Northern slope of the Tian Shan range of the Trans-Ili Alatau. The peak is located in the mountain spur of the Ulqen Almaty massif directly the North of the Tourist peak just 15 km from the Almaty city.Photo: Almaty Qala, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,444 metres
- Description: Mountain in Trans-Ili Alatau mountain range, Kazakhstan
- Also known as: “Almatinskii Pik”, “Almaty Shyngy”, “Big Almaty”, “Gora Bol’shoy Almatinskiy Pik”, “Pik Almatinskiy”, “Ulqen Almaty”, and “Ulqen Almaty peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zhosalykezen pass and Tien-Shan astronomical observatory.
Zhosalykezen pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Dina Julayeva, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zhosalykezen pass is a mountain saddle.
Tien-Shan astronomical observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the Tien Shan Mountains at 2,800 meters altitude, 30 kilometers south of the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.
Big Almaty peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.05529° or 43° 3′ 19″ northLongitude
76.93359° or 76° 56′ 1″ eastElevation
3,444 metres (11,299 feet)Open location code
8JMR3W4M+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 1740533443OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Big Almaty peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Big Almaty peak” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ألماتي الكبير”
- Cebuano: “Pik Almaatinskiy”
- Japanese: “アルマトイ峰”
- Japanese: “大アルマトイ峰”
- Kazakh: “Алматы Шыңы”
- Kazakh: “Алматы”
- Kazakh: “Үлкен Алматы шыңы”
- Kazakh: “Үлкен Алматы”
- Ladin: “Big Almaty peak”
- Russian: “Большая Алматинская пирамида”
- Russian: “Большой Алматинский пик”
- Russian: “Большой Алматинский”
- Russian: “Пик Большой Алматинский”
- Swedish: “Pik Almaatinskiy”
- “Ulqen Almaty peak”
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Notable Places Nearby
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