China
NW China
Qinghai

Chaka Salt Lake

Chaka Salt Lake is a salt lake in , Haixi Prefecture, , . The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin, 298 kilometres to the west of the provincial capital .
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  • 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

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
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”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chaka Salt Lake”. Photo: 西安兵马俑, CC BY-SA 4.0.