Akbet

Akbet () is a mountain in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.

Akbet is located about to the NNW of Bayanaul. 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.Bayanaul legends. Bayanaul

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 , it is the highest mountain in the Bayanaul Range, as well as the highest point of Pavlodar Region.Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: «Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

Geologically the peak is made up of Silurian and Devonian granite, syenite, porphyry and shale.

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