Aktau [mountain] - Aktau

Japanese: アクタウ[山] - あくたう
Aktau [mountain] - Aktau

...The lowest point is 132m below sea level in the Karagiya Depression near the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, and there are also dried-up lake beds at around -30m in various places. The highest point is Mount Aktau (922m) in the Tamdytau mountain range, which rises like a peneplain in the Kyzylkum Desert. The Turan Depression is known to have oil and natural gas deposits, and a gas pipeline runs from the Gazli natural gas field (about 100km northwest of Bukhara), where mining has already begun, to Moscow.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Aktau Mountain" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…低い地点はカスピ海東岸に近いカラギエ低地の海面下132mのほか,各所に-30m程度の干上がった湖底がある。最高点はキジルクム砂漠中に準平原状に高まるタムディタウ山系中のアクタウ山(922m)。トゥラン低地では石油と天然ガスの埋蔵が知られ,すでに採掘のはじまったガズリ天然ガス田(ブハラの北西約100km)からはモスクワ方面へガスのパイプラインが通じている。…

※「アクタウ[山]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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