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

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. ^ a b c "M-43 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Google Earth
  3. ^ Bayanaul legends. Bayanaul
  4. ^ a b 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
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbet
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