Chaka Salt Lake

Chaka Salt Lake is a salt lake in , Haixi Prefecture, , . The oval lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin, 298 kilometres to the west of the provincial capital .
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  • Lake (intermittent)
  • …has a surface elevation of 3,059 metres (10,036 feet)
  • 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”
    “Tsakha Tso”
  • Category: body of water
  • Location
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Latitude
36.69426° or 36° 41′ 39″ north
Longitude
99.10205° or 99° 6′ 7″ east
Open location code
8M8XM4V2+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39319051
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Geo­Names ID
1281583
Wiki­data ID
Q10504375

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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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