Ukok

a plateau in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast, in the basin of the Akalakha and Dzhazator rivers, sources of the Ar-gut River. The Ukok Plateau is bounded on the north by the Iuzhno-Chuiskii Range and on the south by the Iuzhnyi Altai. Elevations range from 2,000 to 2,600 m. Mountain steppes and tundra steppes predominate and are used for pasture.