page_title: South Central Siberia
section_title: The Four Corners
hierarchical_section_title: South Central Siberia / The Four Corners
context_page_description: South Central Siberia is a geographical region north of the point where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia come together.
context_section_description: At approximately 49°8′8″N 87°33′46″E, the borders of Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan intersect in the Altai Mountains. Mongolia and Kazakhstan are separated by a 55km stretch of the Sino-Russian border between the Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia, and Altay Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. To the east, Tavan Bogd Uul in Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia, marks the end of the Sino-Russian border. To the west, is Kazakhstan's East Kazakhstan Province.
  The Altai mountains on the Russian side of the border have been designated a UNESCO world heritage site.
caption: The Altai Mountains and surrounding areas
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