Key Biodiversity Area Eastern Issyk-Kul.

Area: 68,000 hectares.
KBA Category: D1.
Presence of SPAs: (yes).
For the purpose of nature conservation, the entire Issyk-Kul Lake's water area and a three-kilometer coastal strip around the lake, as well as the Aksu and Jeti-Oguz gorges, have been declared a reserve.

Settlements within the KBA: 14 villages, including: Jenish, Kainar, Kurgak Ayryk, Bogatyrevka, Zeleny Gai, Boz-Bulun, Mikhailovka, Yntymak, Sary-Bulun, Ak-Bulun, Pristan-Przhevalsk-1 town, Pristan-Przhevalsk-3 town, Koygary base, and others