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.
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  • Intermittent salt lake
  • …lies at an elevation of -25 metres (-82 feet)
  • Description: salt lake in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
  • Also known as
    “Baskunchak”
    “Baskuntschak See”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nizhniy Baskunchak and Sredniy Baskunchak.

Village
Nizhny Baskunchak is an urban-type settlement in of , Russia. is situated 3½ km west of Lake Baskunchak.

Village
Sredny Baskunchak is a rural locality in "Posyolok… is situated 6 km west of Lake Baskunchak.

Lake Baskunchak

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Latitude
48.21321° or 48° 12′ 48″ north
Longitude
46.87818° or 46° 52′ 41″ east
Open location code
8HW86V7H+77
Geo­Names ID
578801
Wiki­data ID
Q810395

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Lake Baskunchak” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բասկունչակ”
  • Bashkir: “Баскунчак”
  • Belarusian: “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”
  • Finnish: “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”
  • Turkish: “Baskunçak Gölü”
  • 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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