Zyuratkul National Park

For the lake, see Zyuratkul.

Zyuratkul National Park
Зюраткуль (национальный парк)
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Coordinates	54°50′56″N 58°56′26″E
Area	882.49 km^2 (340.73 sq mi)
Established	1993

Zyuratkul National Park (Russian: Зюраткуль (национальный парк)) is a Russian national park established in 1993 in the southern part of Satkinsky Raion (Chelyabinsk Oblast, Urals). The park lies about 30 km south of Satka and 200 km west of Chelyabinsk.[1]

Description

Notable features include Zyuratkul lake, a rare mountainous body of water for the Urals 754 m above sea level, with a surface area of 13,2 km^2 and a maximum depth of 8 m. Water is slightly mineralised (≈50 mg/L). Because of its clear water and spectacular landscape around, Zyuratkul' is often called "Ural Ritsa".[2]

Also remarkable is a number of mountain ranges, among them Zyuratkul' range (8 km in length, rising 1175 m in its highest point). Another range, Nurgush, is the highest point of Chelyabinsk Oblast with a height of 1406 m.[3]

See also

• Southern Ural
• Zyuratkul Geoglyph

References

1. Zyuratkul National Park official site
2. Левит, Александр Иосифович (2001). Южный Урал: География, экология, природопользование (PDF). Челябинск: Южно-Уральское книжное издательство. p. 54. ISBN 5-7688-0781-0.
3. Bolshoi Nurgush - Peak Visor

External links

• Media related to Zyuratkul National Park at Wikimedia Commons