Akbet

Akbet (Kazakh: Ақбет) is a mountain in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.

Akbet
Ақбет
View from the summit towards the west
Highest point
Elevation1,022 m (3,353 ft)[1]
Coordinates50°50′36″N 75°39′46″E[1][2]
Geography
Akbet is located in Kazakhstan
Akbet
Akbet
Location in Kazakhstan
CountryKazakhstan
RegionPavlodar Region
DistrictBayanaul District
Parent rangeBayanaul Range;
Kazakh Uplands
Climbing
Easiest routefrom Bayanaul

Akbet is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the NNW of Bayanaul.[2] According to local folklore, the mountain is named after a Kazakh girl who killed herself there after having been given in marriage to a man she did not love.[3]

Geography

Akbet rises in the Bayanaul Range, a subrange of the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarka). The mountain has generally gentle slopes, but rocky and strongly dissected on the western side, where there is a gorge with springs. With an elevation 1,022 metres (3,353 ft), it is the highest mountain in the Bayanaul Range, as well as the highest point of Pavlodar Region.[4][1][2]

Geologically the peak is made up of Silurian and Devonian granite, syenite, porphyry and shale.[4]

See also

References
  1. "M-43 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. Google Earth
  3. Bayanaul legends. Bayanaul
  4. Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: «Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0(T.Z.),ISBN 9965-893-19-5
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