Lake Baskunchak
Lake Baskunchak is a salt lake of 115 km. The salinity of the lake is about 300 g/L. Since the 8th century, its salt was mined and traded along the Silk Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Intermittent salt lake
- Description: salt lake in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Baskunchak” and “Baskuntschak See”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nizhniy Baskunchak and Sredniy Baskunchak.
Nizhniy Baskunchak
Village
Nizhny Baskunchak is an urban-type settlement in Akhtubinsky District of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Population: 2,789 ; 3,167 ; 3,360 . The settlement is located on the western shore of Lake Baskunchak. Nizhniy Baskunchak is situated 3½ km west of Lake Baskunchak.
Sredniy Baskunchak
Village
Sredny Baskunchak is a rural locality in "Posyolok Nizhny Baskunchak" of Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 365 as of 2010. There are 7 streets. Sredniy Baskunchak is situated 6 km west of Lake Baskunchak.
Lake Baskunchak
- Categories: hypersaline lake and body of water
- Location: Astrakhan Oblast, Volga Region, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Lake Baskunchak” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բասկունչակ”
- Bashkir: “Баскунчак”
- Belarusian: “Баскунчак”
- Belarusian: “Возера Баскунчак”
- Bulgarian: “Баскунчак”
- Catalan: “ozero Baskuncak”
- Cebuano: “Ozero Baskunchak”
- Chinese: “巴斯昆恰克湖”
- Chuvash: “Баскунчак”
- Czech: “Baskunčak”
- Dutch: “Baskoentsjakmeer”
- Esperanto: “Baskunĉak”
- Estonian: “Baskuntšak”
- French: “Baskountchak”
- French: “Baskunchak”
- French: “Lac Baskountchak”
- Georgian: “ბასკუნჩაკი”
- Georgian: “ბასკუნჩაკის ტბა”
- German: “Baskunchak”
- German: “Baskuntschak”
- Italian: “Lago Baskunčak”
- Japanese: “バスクンチャク湖”
- Kazakh: “Баскүнжақ”
- Kazakh: “Басқұншақ”
- Kirghiz: “Баскунчак”
- Latvian: “Baskunčaks”
- Latvian: “Баскунчак”
- Lithuanian: “Baskunčakas”
- Lithuanian: “Baskunčiakas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baskuntsjak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Баскунчак”
- Ossetian: “Баскунчак (цад)”
- Ossetian: “Баскунчак”
- Persian: “دریاچه باسکونچاک”
- Polish: “Baskunczak”
- Russian: “Баскунчак (озеро)”
- Russian: “Баскунчак”
- Russian: “Озеро Баскунчак”
- Spanish: “Lago Baskunchak”
- Swedish: “Baskuntjak”
- Tajik: “Босқунҷоқ”
- Ukrainian: “Баскунчак”
- Uzbek: “Bosqunchoq”
- Welsh: “Llyn Baskunchak”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stantsiya Nizhniy Baskunchak and Ozero Karasun.
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