{"id":401,"date":"2025-11-25T08:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:18:10","slug":"bozzhyra-valley-mangistau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/bozzhyra-valley-mangistau\/","title":{"rendered":"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bozzhyra tract is a tract on the western edge of the Ustyurt Plateau in Kazakhstan&#8217;s Mangystau Region, known for its chalk cliffs and outliers. Translated from Kazakh, Bozzhyra means &#8220;Gray Valley.&#8221; Located on the Ustyurt Plateau, it was once the bottom of the prehistoric Tethys Ocean and is known for formations like the &#8220;Fangs&#8221; and &#8220;Dragon&#8217;s Crest&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau\" class=\"wp-image-405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-3.jpg\" alt=\"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau\" class=\"wp-image-406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-4.jpg\" alt=\"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-5.jpg\" alt=\"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau\" class=\"wp-image-408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-5-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-6.jpg\" alt=\"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau\" class=\"wp-image-409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau-6-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bozzhyra tract is a tract on the western edge of the Ustyurt Plateau in Kazakhstan&#8217;s Mangystau Region, known for its chalk cliffs and outliers. 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