Lake Zaysan

Lake Zaysan is a freshwater in , , . It is the largest lake in the region. The lake is generally frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April, but still has an abundance of fish.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in eastern Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: Bukhtarminskoye Vodokhranilishche”, “Irtyshskoye Vodokhranilishche”, “Lake Zaisan”, “Lake Zaissan”, “Lake Zajsan”, “Lake Zaysan-Nor”, “Lake Zhaisang”, “Ozero Zaysan”, “Zaisan”, “Zaisan Lake”, “Zaisan-Nor”, “Zaissan”, “Zaissan Lake”, “Zajsan”, “Zajsan Lake”, “Zaysan”, “Zaysan Köli”, “Zaysan Lake”, “Zhaisang”, “Zhaisang Lake”, and “Zhaysang Köli

Lake Zaysan

Latitude
48.12519° or 48° 7′ 31″ north
Longitude
83.48373° or 83° 29′ 1″ east
Elevation
378 metres (1,240 feet)
Open location code
8MW54FGM+3F
Geo­Names ID
1517059
Wiki­data ID
Q216621
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Zaysan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Zaysan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة زيسان
  • Armenian: Զայսան
  • Azerbaijani: Zaysan gölü
  • Basque: Zaisan aintzira
  • Belarusian: Возера Зайсан
  • Belarusian: Зайсан
  • Bosnian: Zajsansko jezero
  • Bulgarian: Зайсан
  • Catalan: Llac Zaissan
  • Chinese: Zhāisāng pō
  • Chinese: Zhāisāng
  • Chinese: 斋桑
  • Chinese: 斋桑泊
  • Chinese: 齋桑泊
  • Chuvash: Зайсан
  • Croatian: Zajsansko jezero
  • Czech: Zajsan
  • Czech: Zajsanské jezero
  • Dutch: Zaisanmeer
  • Dutch: Zaysanmeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره زايسان
  • Esperanto: Lago Zajsano
  • Esperanto: Zajsan
  • Finnish: Zaisan
  • French: lac de Zaïssan
  • French: Lac Nor-Zaissan
  • French: lac Zaïssan
  • French: Lac Zaïssan
  • French: Nor-Zaissan
  • French: Zaïssan
  • Georgian: ზაისანი
  • German: Saissansee
  • German: Sajsansee
  • German: Zajsansee
  • Greek: Λίμνη Ζαϊσάν
  • Hebrew: אגם זאיסאן
  • Indonesian: Danau Zaysan
  • Italian: lago Zajsan
  • Italian: Lago Zajsan
  • Japanese: ザイサン湖
  • Kazakh: Zaısan kóli
  • Kazakh: Zaýsan
  • Kazakh: Зайсан көлі
  • Kazakh: Зайсан Көлі
  • Kazakh: Зайсан
  • Kazakh: زايسان
  • Kirghiz: Зайсан көлү
  • Korean: 자이산호
  • Latvian: Lake Zaysan
  • Latvian: Zaisana ezers
  • Latvian: Zaisans
  • Latvian: Zaysan
  • Latvian: Зайсаң
  • Lithuanian: Zaisano ežeras
  • Low German: Saissansee
  • Macedonian: Зајсанско Езеро
  • Malayalam: സയ്സാൻ തടാകം
  • Mongolian: Зайсан нуур
  • Northern Frisian: Saissan Sia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zajsan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ozero Zajsan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zaijsan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zaijsansjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zajsan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zajsansjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zaysan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Озеро Зайсан
  • Persian: دریاچه زایسان
  • Polish: Jezioro Zajsan
  • Polish: Zajsan köly
  • Polish: Zajsan
  • Portuguese: Lago Zaysan
  • Russian: Бухтарминское Водохранилище
  • Russian: Зайсан-Нор
  • Russian: Зайсан
  • Russian: Нор-Зайсан
  • Russian: Озеро Зайсан
  • Slovak: Zajsan
  • Spanish: Lago Zaysan
  • Swedish: Zajsan
  • Turkish: Zaysan Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Зайсан
  • Uzbek: Zaysan
  • Venetian: lago Zajsan
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Zaysan
  • Welsh: Llyn Zaysan

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