page_title: Katon-Karagay National Park
hierarchical_section_title: Katon-Karagay National Park
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Перевал Бурхат, граница хр. Сарымсакты и Тарбагатай, Восточный Казахстан English: Burkhat pass, border of Sarymsakty and Tarbagatay mountains ranges, East Kazakhstan
context_page_description: Katon-Karagay National Park is the largest national park in Kazakhstan, located on the eastern edge of the country, in the Southern Altai Mountains. The park fills the west side of the "X" where the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia, China, and Mongolia meet. The highest peak in Siberia, is on the Russian border in the Katun Range. The park is in Katonkaragay District of East Kazakhstan Region, 1,000 kilometres 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.
context_section_description: Katon-Karagay National Park (Kazakh: Катонқараға́й мемлекетті́к ұлтты́қ табиғи́ паркі́, Katonqaraǵaı memlekettik ulttyq tabiǵi parki) is the largest national park in Kazakhstan, located on the eastern edge of the country, in the Southern Altai Mountains.  The park fills the west side of the "X" where the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia, China, and Mongolia meet.  The highest peak in Siberia (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.
caption: Burkhat pass, border of Sarymsakty and Tarbagatay mountains ranges, East Kazakhstan
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