South Asia
India
Jammu & Kashmir

Dal Lake

Dal is a freshwater lake in , the summer capital of in Indian-administered . It is an urban lake, the second largest lake in Jammu and Kashmir, and the most visited place in by tourists and locals.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Shankaracharya Temple and Shankaracharya Hill.

Hindu temple
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or Jyeshteshwara Temple is a situated on top of the Zabarwan Range in in the of the union territory of , India.

Peak
Shankaracharya Temple or Jyeshteshwara Temple is a situated on top of the Zabarwan Range in in the of the union territory of , India.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , Rouza Bal, or Rozabal is a shrine located in the Khanyar quarter in downtown area of in . The word roza means tomb, the word bal means place.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sonwar Bagh and Nowhatta.

Suburb
, sometimes referred to as Sonwar, is a residential area in the Cantonment region on the outskirts of city, in the Indian union territory of .

Suburb
, known as Navyut in Kashmiri, is a town of historical importance situated at a distance of 5 km from Lal Chowk, in , India.

Suburb
is a residential area in the city of in the union territory of . It used to be a before but now only a few hundred meters of the lake are left.

Dal Lake

Latitude
34.09349° or 34° 5′ 37″ north
Longitude
74.84108° or 74° 50′ 28″ east
Elevation
1,581 metres (5,187 feet)
Open location code
8J6P3RVR+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 610925478
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
1273640
Wiki­data ID
Q325391
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dal Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة دال”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة دل”
  • Bengali: “ডাল হ্রদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “डल झील”
  • Catalan: “Dal”
  • Cebuano: “Dal Lake (lanaw sa Indya)”
  • Cebuano: “Dal Lake”
  • Chinese: “德尔湖”
  • Chinese: “达尔湖”
  • Chuvash: “Дал”
  • Czech: “Dal”
  • Dutch: “Dal Lake”
  • Dutch: “Dalmeer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره دال”
  • Finnish: “Daljärvi”
  • French: “Lac Dal”
  • French: “lac Dhal”
  • German: “Dal Lake”
  • German: “Dal-See”
  • German: “Lake Dal”
  • Greek: “Νταλ”
  • Gujarati: “દાલ સરોવર”
  • Hebrew: “אגם דאל”
  • Hindi: “डल झील”
  • Hindi: “डल”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Dal”
  • Italian: “lago Dal”
  • Italian: “Lago Dal”
  • Japanese: “ダル湖”
  • Javanese: “Tlaga Dal”
  • Kashmiri: “دَل جیٖل”
  • Kashmiri: “دَل سَر”
  • Kashmiri: “ڈَل سَر”
  • Komering: “Danau Dal”
  • Korean: “달 호수”
  • Korean: “달호”
  • Maithili: “डल ताल”
  • Malay: “Tasik Dal”
  • Malayalam: “Dal Lake”
  • Malayalam: “ദൽ തടാകം”
  • Malayalam: “ദാൽ തടാകം”
  • Malayalam: “ദാൽ ലേക്ക്”
  • Marathi: “दल सरोवर”
  • Marathi: “दाल सरोवर”
  • Minangkabau: “Danau Dal”
  • Nepali: “डल ताल”
  • Newari: “डल पुखु”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dal Sia”
  • Panjabi: “ਡਲ ਝੀਲ”
  • Persian: “دریاچه دال”
  • Persian: “دریاچهٔ دال”
  • Persian: “دریاچه دل”
  • Persian: “دریاچهٔ دل”
  • Polish: “Dal”
  • Russian: “Дал”
  • Russian: “Озеро Дал”
  • Santali: “ᱫᱟ.ᱞ ᱡᱷᱤᱞ”
  • Spanish: “Lago Dal”
  • Sundanese: “Situ Dal”
  • Tamil: “தால் ஏரி”
  • Telugu: “దాల్ సరస్సు”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบดัล”
  • Ukrainian: “Дал”
  • Urdu: “ڈل جھیل”
  • Venetian: “lago Dal”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈل جھیل”
  • “डल झील”

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