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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  • Salt lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 302 metres (991 feet)
  • Description: lake in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
  • Also known as
    “Ozero Tengiz”
    “Ozero Teniz”
    “Ozero Tenyz”
    “Tengiz Koli”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve.

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Lake Tengiz

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Latitude
50.4° or 50° 24′ north
Longitude
68.95° or 68° 57′ east
Open location code
9J2CCW2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
1518254
Wiki­data ID
Q931708

Satellite Map

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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 Teñız”
  • Catalan: “Llac Teñız”
  • 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: “Tengizsjön”
  • 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.

Kazakhstan: Highlights

Notable places include Astana and Almaty.

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