Uvs Nuur Basin
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Mongolia, Russia
Inscribed
2003
Area
898,064 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Uvs Nuur Basin is about 200 km south-west of Kyzyl. The nearest other World Heritage site is Mongolian Altai Petroglyphs, about 330 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ulaangom · about 36,000 peopleabout 55 km south-west
- Kyzyl · about 108,000 peopleabout 200 km north-east
- Olgiy · about 35,000 peopleabout 250 km south-west
- Dund-Us · about 31,000 peopleabout 260 km south
- Sayanogorsk · about 56,000 peopleabout 330 km north
- Abakan · about 167,000 peopleabout 390 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MongoliaCultural327 km away
RussiaNatural477 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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