Зюраткуль | |
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Zyuratkul National Park | |
Zyuratkul' range and Zyuratkul' lake as seen from Nurgush range. |
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Location | Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia |
Established | 1993 |
Zyuratkul' (Russian: Зюраткуль) 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.
Notable features include Zyuratkul' lake, a rare mountainous body of water for the Urals, 754 m above sea level, and 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 the height of 1406 m.