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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences and Gil Sar.

Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences

Hospital

Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, often abbreviated as SKIMS, is a government medical institute and tertiary-care teaching hospital located at Soura in Srinagar, in the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Gil Sar

Lake

Photo: Demonkiller, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gil Sar is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake is named after Moorhen which is called Gil in Kashmiri language. It is in a highly deteriorated condition due to encroachment. Gil Sar is situated 3 km southeast of Anchar Lake.

Khushal Sar

Lake

Khushal Sar is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is in a highly deteriorated condition and has been encroached upon at many places with illegal construction and landfilling. Khushal Sar is situated 4 km south of Anchar Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buchpora and Soura.

Buchpora

Suburb

Buchpora is a town on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated on Srinagar-Leh Highway on the eastern side of Anchar Lake. The postal code of the area is 190020.

Soura

Suburb

Photo: Owais Khursheed, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Soura, also known in Kashmiri as Sovur, is a neighbourhood in Srinagar Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.

Nowshera, Srinagar

Suburb

Nowshera, also spelled as Noushera, Nowshehra, or Naushahr, is a notified area in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Located north of Srinagar's old city, it was established during the reign of Sultan Zayn al-Abidin and served as the capital of Kashmir Sultanate during part of his reign.

Anchar Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake in India
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

GeoNames ID

1278653

Wikidata ID

Q15180386

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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”
Hindi: “आंचार”
Kashmiri: “آنٛچار سَر”
Macedonian: “Анчарското езеро”
Panjabi: “ਅੰਚਾਰ ਝੀਲ”
Tamil: “அன்சார் ஏரி”
Telugu: “అంచార్ సరస్సు”
Western Panjabi: “انچار جھیل”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ānchār and Sora.

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