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The Khentii Mountains (Mongolian: Хэнтийн нуруу) are a mountain range in the Töv and Khentii Provinces in North Eastern Mongolia.
Khan Khentii Mountain National Park is one of the Mongolian natural and historical treasures, declared by UNESCO as a world heritage site. Khan Khentii is covered with forests, taiga, and mountain forest steppe.
Khentii aimag is the birthplace of the Great Emperor Chinggis Khaan. It is situated in a region of great natural beauty, yet only a day's (331 km) drive from the capital city Ulaanbaatar. It borders in the north with the Russian Federation. Khentii is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia.
Khan Khentii is a forested wilderness area – three times the size of Yellowstone – northeast of Ulaanbaatar. It is mostly Larch forests, the uppermost treeless parts being the Hentii Mountains, with numerous bogs, swamps and rivers between the ridges. It is a impenetrable, uninhabited wilderness. There are no people to ask for directions.
The Khentii mountain range is an ancient and heavily eroded range formed by different geological forces and dominated by bulky sacred Burkhan Khaldun mountain. A vast national park known as the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area covers parts of Khentii and Tuv provinces.
Sep 17, 2018 · Khentii Province is named for the Khentii Mountains that dominate the northwest of this northeastern province. Any journey through Khentii naturally focuses on the history of Chinggis Khan as this is the region in which he was born and raised.
The Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape represent the formalised mountain worship by Chinggis Khan which helped to unify the Mongolian Empire.
