Urho Ghost City, Karamay, Xinjiang 新疆克拉玛依乌尔禾魔鬼城

Location: China, Xinjiang, Urho District, Karamay Google Maps Amap
Part of: National 5A Tourist Attraction
Nearby: Ürümqi 296km, Heavenly Lake of Tianshan 309km, Kanas 315km

The Ghost City in Urho District, Karamay, is a yardang landscape on the northwestern edge of the Junggar Basin. Wind-carved mounds of uneven height look like castles and an abandoned city, and the name comes from the eerie howl of the wind in storms.

Urho Ghost City, Karamay, Xinjiang

Photo: Nyx Ning (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)