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Yangan-Tau UNESCO Global Geopark

RU

Experience the Salauat Yiyiny Festival, an internationally recognised folklore event celebrating Bashkir traditions. Activities include a yurt competition, kuresh wrestling, horse races, and performances by ethnic groups from around the world.Relax at the Karatau Recreation Centre, a community-run retreat on the banks of the Yuruzan River. Enjoy fishing for local species, a wood-fired sauna, and peaceful picnic areas, all supporting sustainable tourism in the geopark.Ski at Berkut Ski Resort, wi

Yangan-Tau UNESCO Global Geopark in RU
Photo: Anastasia Zlobina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationRU
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2020
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 177,400 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Yangan-Tau UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Yangan-Tau UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Experience the Salauat Yiyiny Festival, an internationally recognised folklore event celebrating Bashkir traditions. Activities include a yurt competition, kuresh wrestling, horse races, and performances by ethnic groups from around the world.Relax at the Karatau Recreation Centre, a community-run retreat on the banks of the Yuruzan River. Enjoy fishing for local species, a wood-fired sauna, and peaceful picnic areas, all supporting sustainable tourism in the geopark.Ski at Berkut Ski Resort, wi. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural. Compare nearby records and the linked country or category collection to understand how this entry relates to places supported by the same governed evidence.

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The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

Data last collected: 3 September 2026 for this retained atlas release. Page and source last rechecked: 3 September 2026. Treat the record as a research starting point: open the original source, confirm current access conditions and compare the mapped location with local guidance before travelling. A missing field means the approved source did not support it; it is not evidence that the feature or restriction does not exist.

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