Tupqaraghan Peninsula

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Tupqaraghan Peninsula

peninsula, Kazakhstan

Also known as: Mangyshlak Peninsula

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Kazakhstan
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…the Ustyurt Plateau and the Tüpqarağan Peninsula jutting into the Caspian Sea. Vast amounts of sand form the Greater Barsuki (Barsyq) and Aral Karakum deserts near the Aral Sea, the broad Betpaqdala Desert of the interior, and the Moiynqūm (Muyunkum) and Qyzylkūm (Kyzylkum) deserts in the south. Most of these…
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…the Ustyurt Plateau and the Tüpqarağan Peninsula jutting into the Caspian Sea. Vast amounts of sand form the Greater Barsuki (Barsyq) and Aral Karakum deserts near the Aral Sea, the broad Betpaqdala Desert of the interior, and the Moiynqūm (Muyunkum) and Qyzylkūm (Kyzylkum) deserts in the south. Most of these…
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