Mangystau Rock Mosques
Also known as Rock Mosques and Associated Sacred Sites of Mangystau
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Kazakhstan
Inscribed
2026
List reference
1760
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mangystau Rock Mosques is about 90 km north of Mangyshlak. The nearest other World Heritage site is Derbent, about 350 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Mangyshlak · about 147,000 peopleabout 90 km south
- Balyqshy · about 32,000 peopleabout 300 km north
- Atyrau · about 183,000 peopleabout 300 km north
- Astrakhan · about 503,000 peopleabout 310 km north-west
- Kaspiysk · about 82,000 peopleabout 330 km south-west
- Makhachkala · about 555,000 peopleabout 330 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
RussiaCultural346 km away
AzerbaijanCultural453 km away
AzerbaijanCultural467 km away
AzerbaijanCultural481 km away
AzerbaijanCultural503 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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