Akbet
Mountain in Kazakhstan
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Akbet (Kazakh: Ақбет) is a mountain in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
| Akbet | |
|---|---|
| Ақбет | |
View from the summit towards the west | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,022 m (3,353 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 50°50′36″N 75°39′46″E[1][2] |
| Geography | |
  Akbet Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Pavlodar Region |
| District | Bayanaul District |
| Parent range | Bayanaul Range; Kazakh Uplands |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | from Bayanaul |
Akbet is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the NNW of Bayanaul.[2] 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.[3]
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 1,022 metres (3,353 ft), it is the highest mountain in the Bayanaul Range, as well as the highest point of Pavlodar Region.[4][1][2]
Geologically the peak is made up of Silurian and Devonian granite, syenite, porphyry and shale.[4]