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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Belukha Mountain
| photo= 2006-07_altaj_belucha.jpg
| photo_caption = Belukha mountain 2006
| elevation_m = 4506
| elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">[http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/StansP1500m.html "The Central Asian Republics Ultra Prominence Page"] Listed as "Gora Belukha" on Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>
| prominence_m = 3343
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><br /><small>[[List of peaks by prominence|Ranked 58th]]</small>
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
| location = [[Kazakhstan]]–[[Russia]] [[Kazakhstan–Russia border|border]]
| range = [[Altai Mountains]]
| map = Kazakhstan
| map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan, on the border with Russia
| map_size =
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|49|48|27|N|86|35|24|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| first_ascent = 1914 by B.V. Tronov & M.V. Tronov
| easiest_route = basic rock/snow climb
}}
'''Belukha Mountain''' ({{lang-ru|Белуха}}, lit "whitey"; [[Altai language|Altai]]: ''Muztau'' or ''Üç Sümer''), located in the [[Katun Mountains]], is the highest peak of the [[Altai Mountains]] in [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015330/Mount-Belukha
|title=Mount Belukha
|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica
|accessdate=2007-07-31
}}
</ref> It is part of the [[World Heritage Site]] entitled [[Golden Mountains of Altai]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/768
|title=Golden Mountains of Altai
|publisher=UNESCO
|accessdate=2007-07-31
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070818104201/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/768| archivedate= 18 August 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

Belukha is a three-peaked mountain massif that rises along the [[Kazakhstan–Russia border|border]] of [[Russia]] and [[Kazakhstan]], just a few tens of miles north of the point where this border meets with the border of [[China]]. There are several small [[glacier]]s on the mountain, including Belukha Glacier. Of the two peaks, the eastern peak (4,506 m, 14,784 ft.) is higher than the western peak (4,440 m, 14,567 ft.).

Belukha was first climbed in 1914 by the Tronov brothers. Most ascents of the eastern peak follow the same southern route as that taken in the first ascent. Though the Altai is lower in elevation than other Asian mountain groups, it is very remote, and much time and planning are required for its approach.
{{stack|[[File:GoraBeluha.jpg|thumb|Belukha, summer 2001]]}}

==Belukha Glacier==
A team of scientists, traveled to this remote glacier in the summer of 2001 to assess the feasibility of studying the glacier and extracting ice cores at the site. A Swiss-Russian team also worked on the glacier in 2001. Research was carried out from 2001 to 2003; glaciological observations were made, and both shallow cores and cores to bedrock were extracted and analyzed (Olivier and others, 2003; Fujita and others, 2004). Based on tritium analysis to date, the deeper cores may contain as much as 3–5,000 years of climatic and environmental records.<ref name="USGS">{{cite web | url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386f/pdf/F8_PaleoRecord.pdf | title=Glaciers of Asia— THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORD PRESERVED IN MIDDLE LATITUDE, HIGH-MOUNTAIN GLACIERS—AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES | publisher=US Geological Survey (public domain) | accessdate=2012-05-13 |author1=L. DeWayne Cecil |author2=David L. Naftz |author3=Paul F. Schuster |author4=David D. Susong |author5=Jaromy R. Green |last-author-amp=yes }}</ref>

==Arrival==
Since 2008, one is required to apply for a special [[Border Security Zone of Russia|border zone]] permit in order to be allowed into the area (if travelling independently without using an agency). Foreigners should apply for the permit to regional [[Federal Security Service|FSB]] [[Border Guard Service of Russia|border guard]] office two months before the planned date<ref>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1761406&tstart=0</ref><ref>http://dontmind.freeshell.org/trekking/altai/#permit</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Altai mountains]]
* [[List of Ultras of Central Asia]]
* [[List of glaciers of Russia]]

==References==
{{USGS}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Belukha Mountain}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070913034138/http://eng.altai-republic.ru:80/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=27&page=2&POSTNUKESID=ab67941ce5fa86c867f631280ccd065fThe Altai Reserve]
*[http://www.bukhara-carpets.com/kazakhstan-landscape.html The Belukha Mountain pictures]
*[http://altai-photo.ru/photo/13 Altai Photo - Mountain pictures]
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[[Category:Mountains of Russia]]
[[Category:Mountains of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Glaciers of Russia]]
[[Category:Altai Mountains]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan–Russia border]]
[[Category:International mountains of Asia]]
[[Category:Landforms of the Altai Republic]]

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