Karatau Mountains

The Karatau or Qaratau is a mountain range located in southern . The mountains have deposits of phosphorite, lead, and zinc.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: mountains in southern Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Kara Tau”, “Kara Tau Mountains”, “Kara-tau”, “Kara-tau Mountains”, “Karatau”, “Nan Shan”, “Nan Shan Mountains”, “Nan-shan”, “Nan-shan Mountains”, “Nanshan”, “Nanshan Mountains”, “Qara Tau”, “Qara Tau Mountains”, “Qara-tau”, “Qara-tau Mountains”, “Qaratau”, “Qaratau Mountains”, “Temirlik”, “Temirlik Mountains”, “Temur-lik”, “Temur-lik Mountains”, “Temurlik”, and “Temurlik Mountains”

Karatau Mountains

Latitude
43.6379° or 43° 38′ 17″ north
Longitude
69.1418° or 69° 8′ 30″ east
Open location code
8JMFJ4QR+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1563404355
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q2062939
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Karatau Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կարաթաու”
  • Belarusian: “Каратау (Цянь-Шань)”
  • Belarusian: “Каратау”
  • Bulgarian: “Каратау (хребет, Тяншан)”
  • Bulgarian: “Каратау”
  • Cebuano: “Qarataū Zhotasy”
  • Chinese: “卡拉套山”
  • Czech: “Karatau”
  • Estonian: “Karatau”
  • Finnish: “Qaratau”
  • French: “Montagnes Karataou”
  • French: “Montagnes Karatau”
  • German: “Qaratau”
  • Hebrew: “רכס קרטאו”
  • Hungarian: “Karatau-hegység”
  • Italian: “monti Karatau”
  • Italian: “Monti Qaratau”
  • Japanese: “カラタウ山脈”
  • Kazakh: “Qarataw”
  • Kazakh: “Қаратау – Тянь-Шань”
  • Kazakh: “Қаратау жотасы”
  • Kazakh: “Қаратау”
  • Kazakh: “قاراتاۋ”
  • Kirghiz: “Кара-Тоо”
  • Korean: “카라타우산맥”
  • Ladin: “Qaratau”
  • Lithuanian: “Karatau (Tianšanis)”
  • Lithuanian: “Karatau”
  • Persian: “کوهستان قره‌داغ”
  • Polish: “Karatau”
  • Russian: “Каратау”
  • Russian: “Сырдарьинский Каратау”
  • Slovak: “Karatau”
  • Swedish: “Karatau”
  • Swedish: “Karataubergen”
  • Swedish: “Qarataū Zhotasy”
  • Swedish: “Qaratau”
  • Swedish: “Quaratau”
  • Turkish: “Karatau Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Каратау”
  • Uzbek: “Qoratov”
  • Venetian: “Monti Karatau”

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