Bayanaul State National Natural Park is a national park in Kazakhstan, located in the south of Pavlodar Oblast, approximately 100 km south of the city of Ekibastuz. It is one of the specially protected natural areas of Kazakhstan.

The park was founded in 1985, becoming the first national park in Kazakhstan. The reason for creating the park was the need to preserve and restore the natural flora and fauna of the Bayanaul mountain range. The total area of ​​the park is 684.5 square kilometers. Bayanaul National Park on Google Maps. Photos by: Taimas Nurtaev.

lovely rocky landscape

Tags: Ekibastuz city · landscapes · Pavlodar oblast

A mine of such a capacity was constructed for the first time in the world in Ekibastuz coal field (Ekibastuz city). Due to this fact “Bogatyr” was included into the Guinness Book of Records in 1980 (over 1 billion tons of coal was mined within the whole period of exploitation). 50 million tons is mined a year. The pictures were captured by Stepanov Slava (all the photos are clickable).

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Tags: coal mine · Ekibastuz city