Chingiztau

Chingiztau (Kazakh: Шыңғыстау) is a mountain range in Abai Region, Kazakhstan.

[2] Chingiztau is one of the ranges of the eastern part of the Kazakh Upland system (Saryarka).

The range has three separate ridges: Kanchingiz (Қаншыңғыс), highest point 1,152 meters (3,780 ft) in the northern section, the Chingiztau proper in the middle, highest point 1,119 meters (3,671 ft), and Akshatau (Ақшатау) in the southern section, where there is highest point of the whole range system 1,304 meters (4,278 ft) Mount Kosoba.

Numerous rivers have their origin in the range, but their waters are mostly lost either in the sands of the surrounding deserts or in seasonal salt lakes of the highlands.

[4] The Konyr-Auliye cave (Қоңыр әулие үңгірі) is located near Mount Aktas, off the western slopes of the range, near the Shagan river.

Near the Konyr-Auliye cave.