🌊 Issyk-Kul

Kyrgyzstan · Asia · 1,606 m · 42.42°N, 77.25°E

Issyk-Kul or Ysyk-Köl is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan—just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest lake in the world by volume, and the second-largest saline lake. It is located at an elevation of 1,607 metres (5,272 ft). Despite the elevation and low temperatures during winter, it rarely freezes due to its high salinity.

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Quick facts

Country	Kyrgyzstan
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	1,606 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	42.42°N, 77.25°E · view on map

Issyk-Kul sits at 1,606 m in Kyrgyzstan, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More lakes in Kyrgyzstan

Lake Sary-Chelek · Ala-Köl · Lake Merzbacher · Chatyr-Köl · Kapka Tash Lake · Kara-Suu Lake · Song-Köl · Ay-Kul · Kulun Lake.

Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.