Lake Ayakkum

Ayakkum Lake is a lake near the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau, to the southeast of the . While many of the small and snowmelt-fed streams on the Plateau give rise to major South-east Asian rivers, some empty into saline lakes such as Lake Ayakkum.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as: A-ya-k’o-k’u-mu Hu”, “A-ya-k’o-k’u-mu-k’u-le”, “A-ya-ko-k’u-mu-k’u-li”, “A-ya-ko-k’u-mu-k’u-li Hu”, “Achak-kum Lake”, “Aig Kum Kul”, “Ajagh-kum-köl”, “Ayag-kum-köll”, “Ayagh Kum-kol”, “Ayagh-koum-koul”, “Ayaghakum Kol”, “Ayaghkum Kul”, “Ayak-kum Kul”, “Ayake Kumu Hu”, “Ayakum Lake”, “Lake Ayagh Kum”, and “Lake Ayagkum-kul’

Lake Ayakkum

Latitude
37.55808° or 37° 33′ 29″ north
Longitude
89.40335° or 89° 24′ 12″ east
Elevation
3,876 metres (12,717 feet)
Open location code
8M9FHC53+68
Geo­Names ID
1281733
Wiki­data ID
Q631714
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Lake Ayakkum” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Ayakum
  • Cebuano: Ayakkum Hu
  • Chinese: 阿牙克库木湖
  • Chinese: 阿牙克庫木湖
  • Chinese: 阿雅克库木湖
  • Chinese: 阿雅克庫木湖
  • Chinese: 阿雅格库木库里
  • Chinese: 阿雅格庫木庫里
  • Italian: Ayakum
  • Panjabi: ਅਯਾਕੁਮ ਝੀਲ
  • Persian: دریاچه آیاقوم
  • Russian: Аяг-кум
  • Russian: Аягкумкуль
  • Russian: Аяккумкёль
  • Spanish: Lago Ayakkum
  • Spanish: Lago Ayakum
  • Swedish: Ayakkum Hu
  • Uighur: ئاياققۇم كۆلى
  • Venetian: Ayakum
  • Vietnamese: Ayakum
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Ayakum

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