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Kök Jaylaw

Medeu district, Kazakhstan

Kök Jaylaw
Kök Jaylaw. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Kok Zhailau (Kazakh, Kök jailau, lit. 'Green Pasture') is a plateau in the Trans-Ili Alatau. It is located at an altitude of 1,450 m (4, 760 ft) to 1,740 m (5, 710 ft) between the Small and Big Almaty gorges, 10 km from the city of Almaty (in Kazakhstan). The plateau is part of the Ile-Alatau National Park, a protected area. Almaty, ski resort Shymbulak, Medeu and Big Almaty peak can be seen from the plateau.

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