Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Almaty Province

Charyn Canyon

Charyn Canyon is a national park and a canyon in in . It features huge rock formations rising high above several rivers. It is popular with local and foreign tourists.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: canyon on the Charyn River in Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Sharyn Canyon” and “Шарын каньоны”

Charyn Canyon

Latitude
43.3571° or 43° 21′ 26″ north
Longitude
79.0794° or 79° 4′ 46″ east
Open location code
8JMX934H+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22722438
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q2231598
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Charyn Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أخدود شارين”
  • Arabic: “خانق شارين”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şarın kanyonu”
  • Bavarian: “Scharyn Canyon”
  • Bengali: “চ্যারিন ক্যানিয়ন”
  • Bulgarian: “Чарънски каньон”
  • Catalan: “Parc nacional de Xarín”
  • Chinese: “恰伦大峡谷”
  • Chinese: “查恩峽谷”
  • Czech: “Kaňon Čaryn”
  • Dutch: “Scharynkloof”
  • Dutch: “Tsjarynkloof”
  • Estonian: “Šarõni kanjon”
  • French: “Canyon Charyn”
  • French: “Canyon de Charyn”
  • Georgian: “ჩარინის კანიონი”
  • German: “Scharyn Canyon”
  • German: “Scharyn-Nationalpark”
  • Indonesian: “Ngarai Charyn”
  • Kazakh: “Шарын шатқалы”
  • Korean: “차른캐년”
  • Latvian: “Čarinas kanjons”
  • Latvian: “Šarinas kanjons”
  • Lithuanian: “Šaryno kanjonas”
  • Malayalam: “ഷരിൻ കാന്യൻ”
  • Persian: “دره شارین”
  • Polish: “Kanion Czaryński”
  • Polish: “Kanion Szaryński”
  • Portuguese: “Cânion de Charyn”
  • Russian: “долина Замков”
  • Russian: “Каньон реки Чарын”
  • Russian: “Чарын (каньон)”
  • Russian: “Чарынский каньон”
  • Slovenian: “Narodni park Čarin”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional de Charyn”
  • Swedish: “Charyns kanjon”
  • Swedish: “Sharyns kanjon”
  • Ukrainian: “Чаринський каньйон”
  • Uzbek: “Sharin darasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Hẻm núi Charyn”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Charyn Canyon”. Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0.