Katon-Karagay National Park
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Katon-Karagay National Park (Kazakh: Катонқараға́й мемлекетті́к ұлтты́қ табиғи́ паркі́, romanized: Katonqarağai memlekettık ūlttyq tabiği parkı) is the largest national park in Kazakhstan, located on the eastern edge of the country, in the Southern Altai Mountains. The park fills the western side of the "X" where the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia, China, and Mongolia meet. The highest peak in the South Siberian Mountains (Belukha Mountain, 4,506 m (14,783 ft)), is on the Russian border in the Katun Range. The park is in Katonkaragay District of East Kazakhstan Region, 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) southeast of the capital city of Astana.
Created on June 1, 2001, the park was included in the transnational park "Altai" with Russia in 2011. In 2014, the park was included in the new "Katon-Karagay Biosphere Reserve", named by the UNESCO Man-and-Biosphere program.
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