Wandered by Nogoon Tsav in Bayankhongor Aimag.
Tsav is generally defined as “fissure”, or break in the surrounding strata of rocks. Often a
tsav is an outcropping of rock that contains dinosaur fossils. Nogoon (green) Tsav is located sixty miles south of the village of Shinejinst and about thirty miles north of
Ekhiin Gol Oasis. The unpaved road from Shinejinst to Ekhiin Gol Oasis, for most of its length nothing more than a jeep track across the desert, runs right by Nogoon Tsav. The tsav is named for its green rock strata. Although dinosaur bones have been found here it is not considered a prime location for fossils.
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| Jeep track from Shinejinst to Ekhiin Gol Oasis (Click on photos for enlargements |
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| Desert near Nogoon Tsav |
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| Nogoon Tsav |
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| Nogoon Tsav |
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| Nogoon Tsav |
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| Camel man at Nogoon Tsav |
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A mile or two south or Nogoon Tsav are the so-called Marriage Ovoos. Newly weds from all over Bayankhongor Aimag come here and erect an ovoo in hopes of ensuring a good marriage.
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