Altai Mountains

American  

Or Altay Mountains

plural noun

1. a mountain range in central Asia, mostly in Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, and the S Russian Federation. Highest peak, Belukha, 15,157 feet (4,506 meters).

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Altai Mountains British  

/ ɑːlˈtaɪ /

plural noun

1. a mountain system of central Asia, in W Mongolia, W China, and S Russia. Highest peak: Belukha, 4506 m (14 783 ft)

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Altai Mountains

The settlement is also close to copper and tin deposits in the nearby Altai Mountains, which would have supplied the key raw materials needed for its bronze production.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025

Located in the Altai Mountains near the border of modern-day Mongolia and China, one contained the opulent tombs of aristocrats, whereas the other was a less elaborate graveyard for local elites.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2023

Pääbo and his team also sequenced the genome of Denisova, a hominin whose fossils were found in 2008 in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2022

From a finger bone found in a cave in the Altai Mountains in Russia, he discovered a new species of early hominid, the Denisovans.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2022

Large reserves of zinc also exist in the Altai Mountains of southwestern Siberia, and in the Cordilleran region of South America.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)