Anchar Lake
Anchar Lake; lit. 'Pickle') is a lake located in Soura in the Srinagar district of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Situated close to Ganderbal, the lake is connected with the famous Dal Lake via a channel, "Amir Khan Nallah," which passes through Gilsar and Khushal Sar.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in India
- Also known as: “आंचार”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences and Gil Sar.
Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences
Hospital
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Gil Sar
Lake
Khushal Sar
Lake
Khushal Sar is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Khushal Sar is situated 4 km south of Anchar Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buchpora and Soura.
Anchar Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.14694° or 34° 8′ 49″ north
Longitude
74.78933° or 74° 47′ 22″ east
Elevation
1,580 metres (5,184 feet)
Open location code
8J6P4QWQ+QP
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Anchar Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ānchār Lake”
- Hindi: “achar lake”
- Hindi: “आंचार झील”
- Kashmiri: “آنٛچار سَر”
- Macedonian: “Анчарското езеро”
- Panjabi: “ਅੰਚਾਰ ਝੀਲ”
- Tamil: “அன்சார் ஏரி”
- Telugu: “అంచార్ సరస్సు”
- Western Panjabi: “انچار جھیل”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ānchār and Sora.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Haran Forest and Amda Kadal.
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