Akbet
{{short description|Mountain in Kazakhstan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Akbet
| other_name = Ақбет
| photo = Жачыбай с высоты Акбет.jpg
| photo_caption = View from the summit towards the west
| elevation_m = 1022
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| range = Bayanaul Range;
Kazakh Uplands
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| country=Kazakhstan
| region = Pavlodar Region
| district = Bayanaul District
| map = Kazakhstan
| map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
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| coordinates = {{coord|50|50|36|N|75|39|46|E|type:mountain_region:KZ_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/m-43.jpg|title=M-43 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=6 January 2023}}Google Earth
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| easiest_route = from Bayanaul
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Akbet ({{langx|kk|Ақбет}}) is a mountain in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
Akbet is located about {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} to the NNW of Bayanaul. 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.[https://hotel-all.ru/en/moscow/legendy-bayanaula-bayanaul-nacionalnyi-park-kazahstana-nacionalnyi/ Bayanaul legends. Bayanaul]
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 {{convert|1022|m|ft|0}}, it is the highest mountain in the Bayanaul Range, as well as the highest point of Pavlodar Region.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
Geologically the peak is made up of Silurian and Devonian granite, syenite, porphyry and shale.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://silkadv.com/en/content/mountain-akbet-bayanaul Mountain Akbet in Bayanaul]
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