Burghan Khaldun Mountain
Also known as Great Burghan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape, Burkhan khaldun, Burkhan Khaldun, God Mountain, Khentii Khan (The King of the Khentii Mountain range)
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Mongolia
Inscribed
2015
Area
443,739 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Burghan Khaldun Mountain is about 190 km north-east of Ulaanbaatar. The nearest other World Heritage site is Xiongnu Cemeteries, about 180 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ulaanbaatar · about 885,000 peopleabout 190 km south-west
- Darkhan · about 75,000 peopleabout 220 km north-west
- Suchboatar · about 24,000 peopleabout 270 km north-west
- Petrovsk Zabaykalskiy · about 21,000 peopleabout 280 km north
- Gusinoozyorsk · about 24,000 peopleabout 340 km north-west
- Ulan-Ude · about 360,000 peopleabout 360 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MongoliaCultural183 km away
Mongolia, RussiaNatural471 km away
MongoliaCultural489 km away
RussiaNatural509 km away
MongoliaCultural599 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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