Mangystau Region

sights.uz lists 14 historic and notable places in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan. Among them are 4 monuments, 9 eco-tourism sites and 1 museums.

Ustyurt Nature Reserve

Ustyurt Nature Reserve (Kazakh: Үстірт мемлекеттік табиғи қорығы, Üstırt memlekettık tabiği qoryğy; Russian: Устюрт национальный заповедник, Ustyurt natsional'nyy zapovednik), or…

Mangyshlak experimental Botanical Garden

Mangystau Experimental Botanical Garden, founded in 1972 in the present city of Aktau, Mangystau region. It is under the Botany and Phytointroduction Institute of the Ministry of…

Koshkar-Ata

Koshkar-Ata (Kazakh: Қошқарата) is a lake in Mangystau Region, southwest Kazakhstan. It lies 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the regional capital of Aktau and 8 km (5.0 mi) from the…

Shopan-ata mosque

Shopan Ata Mosque and complex – a historic-complex monument entered in the State List of Republican significance historical and cultural monuments.

Beket-Ata mosque

The underground mosque of Mangistu is sometimes called the Becket Father underground mosque.

Taras Shevchenko museum

Museum and Memorial complex of Taras Shevchenko An urban and architectural monument included in the list of monuments of history and culture of republican significance of…

Aktau-Buzachi Sanctuary

Aktau-Bozashi Sanctuary – a zoological sanctuary of republican significance. It was organized in 1982 in Mangystau region.

Omar and Tur Mausoleum

Omar and Tur dome – a city planning and architectural monument included in the list of republican significance historical and cultural monuments of Mangystau region.

Shakpak-ata mosque

Shakpak-ata mosque – a monument of religious architecture included in the state list of historical and cultural heritage of republican significance.

Karakiya-Karakol Sanctuary

Karaköl sanctuary – a sanctuary of republican significance. It was organized in 1986 in the Karakia district of Mangystau region. Its area is 137.5 thousand ha. The purpose of…

Bozzhyra Canyon

The Bozzhyra Canyon is a natural feature located 300 km from the city of Aktau.

Lake Koshkar-Ata

Lake Koshkar-Ata is a roughly 50-square-kilometer depression about 5 kilometers from Aktau and 8 kilometers from the Caspian shore in Mangystau Region. It did not exist as a lake…

Karakol Lake

Karakol Lake, around 10 kilometers from Aktau in Mangystau Region, originated in the 1960s as a settling basin for wastewater produced by seawater desalination tied to the…

Kenderly-Kayasan State Reserved Zone

The Kenderly-Kayasan state reserved zone lies in Karakiya district, Mangystau region, protecting a stretch of the Caspian lowland desert coast in western Kazakhstan. The…