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Mongolia — how to identify

The fastest country-level clues for Mongolia in GeoGuessr: language, road furniture, bollards, license plates, and more.

Mongolia flag
Large pickup car with blue-and-white ornament
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Large pickup car with blue-and-white ornament

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Pickup truck

Color: Blue with white ornament

Additional details: Snorkel is visible

Large pickup Street-View car with roof-rack straps and tent
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Large pickup Street-View car with roof-rack straps and tent

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Pickup truck

Color: Bronze/silver

Additional details: Grey/silver roof tent and roof-rack straps

Large pickup Street-View car with red side mirrors
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Large pickup Street-View car with red side mirrors

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Pickup truck

Color:Blurred with white, blue and red blurs

Additional details: Grey roof bars and Red side mirrors. Sometimes with a black snorkel

Large pickup Street-View car with roof tent
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Large pickup Street-View car with roof tent

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Pickup truck

Color: Bronze/silver

Additional details: Grey/silver roof tent

Mongolian
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Mongolian

Script: Cyrillic

Name: Mongolian (Монгол хэл — Mongol khel)

Style: Cyrillic with unique letters not present in Russian. Long vowels are often written as double vowels

Unique letters (not used in Russian): Ө ө — open “O”, Ү ү — “U” with a hook

Examples: Ө, Ү, ӨӨ, АА, ЭЭ, уул (mountain), хүн (person), дэлгүүр (shop)

How to distinguish from nearby languages:

vs Russian: Russian does not contain Ө or Ү, and long vowels written as АА / ӨӨ are extremely rare

vs Kazakh / Kyrgyz: These languages use letters like Ә, Қ, Ң, Ұ, І, which do not appear in Mongolian. Mongolian instead relies heavily on Ө and Ү.

Quick visual giveaway: Cyrillic text with Ө / Ү + frequent doubled vowels = Mongolian.

Licence plates with red Soyombo strip
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Licence plates with red Soyombo strip

Type: Private

Shape: Long or short

Background: White

Text: Black with a narrow red band on the left edge - Soyombo emblem

Additional details: Soyombo emblem is unique for Mongolia

Bowling-pin bollard
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Bowling-pin bollard

Shape: Bowling-pin

Color: White with 2 or 3 horizontal red stripes

Material: Concrete

‘ЗОГС’ stop sign
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‘ЗОГС’ stop sign

Mongolia’s stop signs often use the word “ЗОГС” (ZOGS) in Cyrillic instead of “STOP”; apart from the text, the red octagon follows the standard international style.

Standard English “STOP” signs are also widespread across the country.

White round yurts (gers)
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White round yurts (gers)

Circular, felt-covered yurts—called gers in Mongolia—are found across rural pastures and suburban hillsides, showcasing the country’s nomadic heritage and giving the landscape its distinctive silhouette

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