Chaka Salt Lake
Chaka Salt Lake is a salt lake in Ulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, China. The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin, 298 kilometres to the west of the provincial capital Xining.
- Type: Lake (intermittent)
- Description: lake of China
- Also known as: “Caka Yanhu”, “Ch’a-k’a Hu”, “Ch’a-k’a Yen-ch’ih”, “Ch’a-k’a Yen-hu”, “Ch’a-k’o Hu”, “Cha-ha Hu”, “Cha-ha-no-erh”, “Chaka Lake”, “Chakayan Hu”, “Dabassun-dalai”, “Dabassun-nor”, “Dalay Dabasan Nuur”, “Dsacha-nōr”, “Dzacha Nor”, “Lake Chakayan”, “Lake Daldi Dabusun”, “Ozero Daldi Dabusun”, “Ta-lai-ta-pa-su Hu”, “Ta-pa-su-ta-lai-hu”, “Ta-pu-hsün Hu”, “Ta-pu-hsün no-erh”, “Ts’ak’a nor”, and “Tsakha Tso”
Chaka Salt Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Qinghai, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.69426° or 36° 41′ 39″ north
Longitude
99.10205° or 99° 6′ 7″ east
Elevation
3,061 metres (10,043 feet)
Open location code
8M8XM4V2+PR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
OpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Chaka Salt Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Caka Yanhu”
- Chinese: “chákăyán hú”
- Chinese: “茶卡盐湖”
- Georgian: “ჩაკას მლაშე ტბა”
- Japanese: “ツヮカ塩湖”
- Korean: “차카염호”
- Panjabi: “ਚਾਕਾ ਸਾਲਟ ਲੇਕ”
- Swedish: “Caka Yanhu”
- Swedish: “Chaka Yanhu”
- Yue Chinese: “茶卡鹽湖”
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