Kyzylkup Tract

The Kyzylkup Tract is a formation of low hills in the Mangestau region.

Like I mentioned in my previous note, the whole region used to be at the bottom of a now drained ocean named Tethys.

The Kyzylkup tract is made up of many colours, most famously a deep red at the bottom, this is theorised to be from the iron rich vegetation that seeped into the rock upon decaying after the Tethys ocean drained millions of years ago.Read more