Eastern Asia
Mongolia
The top 5 natural landmarks of Mongolia — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
Asia
DesertsGobi Desert
Southern Mongolia
The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world.
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A vast cold desert famous for dinosaur fossils and singing dunes.
LakesLake Khövsgöl
Northern Mongolia
Lake Khövsgöl, also referred to as Khövsgöl Sea, is a lake in Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia. It is the largest freshwater lake in the country by volume, and the second largest by area after Uvs Lake.
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A deep, crystal-clear lake holding much of Mongolia's fresh water.
MountainsAltai Tavan Bogd
Bayan-Ölgii
The Five Saints, known in Mongolian as the Tabhan Bogd, is a mountain massif in Mongolia, near the triple border with China and Russia. Its highest peak, the Khüiten Peak, is the highest point of Mongolia at 4374 meters above sea level.
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Mongolia's highest massif, crowned by glaciers and five sacred peaks.
RocksGorkhi-Terelj
Töv Province
Gorkhi-Terelj National Park is one of the national parks of Mongolia. The Terelj tourist zone has a number of "tourist camps".
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A park of wind-sculpted granite including the famous Turtle Rock.
RocksFlaming Cliffs
Ömnögovi
The Flaming Cliffs site, with the alternative Mongolian name of Mongolian: Улаан Эрэг, is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which important fossil finds have been made. It was given this name by American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in the 1920s.
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Red sandstone cliffs where the first dinosaur eggs were discovered.