Abstract:
The article discusses the importance of the geographical names of the
physical-geographical region - the Mugolzhar mountains in the Aktobe region, for
the development of tourism in this region. Nomination of place names in the area
for landscape features was based on geological, natural-geographical, historical
and linguistic data. The origin and etymology of the name Mugulzhary is studied
by actual data. It is identified that toponyms associated with plants, fauna and
with features of the natural environment prevail, their range of distribution is
revealed. Space images of sites that can become tourist sites are given, with
justifications for the origin and characteristics of their name.
