Lake Tengiz

Tengiz Lake is a saline lake in , , . On 16 October 1976, the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 23 unintentionally splashed down into the northern part of the lake, which was frozen, crashing through the ice.
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  • Type: Salt lake
  • Description: lake in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: Ozero Tengiz”, “Ozero Teniz”, “Ozero Tenyz”, and “Tengiz Koli

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve.

is in the . Together with the it forms a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Lake Tengiz

Latitude
50.4° or 50° 24′ north
Longitude
68.95° or 68° 57′ east
Elevation
302 metres (991 feet)
Open location code
9J2CCW2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
1518254
Wiki­data ID
Q931708
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Satellite Map

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

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Tengiz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بخيرة تنجيز
  • Armenian: Թենգիզ
  • Azerbaijani: Tengiz gölü
  • Belarusian: Тэнгіз (возера)
  • Belarusian: Тэнгіз
  • Bulgarian: Тенгиз
  • Catalan: llac Tenguiz
  • Catalan: Llac Tenguiz
  • Cebuano: Tengiz Köli
  • Chinese: 田吉茲湖
  • Chuvash: Тенгиз
  • Croatian: Tengiz
  • Czech: Tengiz
  • Dutch: Tengizmeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره تينجيز
  • Finnish: Tengizjärvi
  • French: lac Tengiz
  • French: Lac Tengiz
  • Georgian: თენგიზი
  • German: Tengissee
  • German: Tengizsee
  • Indonesian: Danau Tengiz
  • Italian: lago Tengiz
  • Italian: Lago Tengiz
  • Japanese: テンギス湖
  • Japanese: テンギズ湖
  • Kazakh: Теңіз көлі
  • Kazakh: Теңіз
  • Latvian: Tenizs
  • Lithuanian: Tengizas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tengiz
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tengiz
  • Norwegian: Tengiz
  • Persian: دریاچه تنگیز
  • Polish: Tengyz
  • Romanian: Lacul Tengiz
  • Russian: Тенгиз
  • Spanish: Lago Tengiz
  • Swedish: Tengiz Köli
  • Turkish: Tengiz
  • Ukrainian: Тенгіз
  • Venetian: lago Tengiz
  • Welsh: Llyn Tengiz

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Qorghalzhyn Qoryghy and Kurgal’dzhinskiy Zapovednik.

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