Bogd Khan Uul

The Bogd Khan Uul (Saint Khan Mountain) is a mountain in Mongolia that overlooks the nation's capital, Ulaanbaatar, from a height of 914m above and to the south of the city. Bogd Khan Uul, along with Mongolia's other sacred mountains Burkhan Khaldun and Otgontenger, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on August 6, 1996 in the Cultural category. World Heritage sites are those that exhibit universal natural or cultural significance, or both. In 1783 the local Mongolian government of the Qing Dynasty declared the Bogd Khan a protected site, for its beauty.