The
Tarbagatai Mountains (, (translit.:
tarvagatai nuruu), literally: "range with marmots"); ) are a range of mountains located in the north-western parts of
Xinjiang,
China and
East Kazakhstan. The name of the mountain derived from Mongolian word: in
Traditional Mongolian alphabet: ( "tarvaga", meaning "
marmot") with suffix ( "-tai"; literally "to have" or "with").