Tag: Ustyurt Plateau
Pilgrimage through the stone desert
Kazakh pilgrims and tourists of all ages endure a lot of hardship to climb down from the Ustyurt plateau along narrow paths and countless steps to… [...]
Kazakh stone graves
A Kazakh cemetery on the Ustyurt plateau in western Uzbekistan, probably already several hundred years old. As nomads, the Kazakhs probably also used fixed places to bury their dead –… [...]
Sunbathing
A well-camouflaged lizard sunbathing on a gravestone at an old Kazakh cemetery on the Ustyurt plateau in western Uzbekistan. Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany) Find all of our photos of… [...]
The Ustyurt Plateau
The Ustyurt Plateau with its height of 60 to 130 meters stands out strikingly from its surroundings. The plateau extends over the western part of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. [...]