Big Almaty Lake

Big Almaty Lake is a natural alpine reservoir. It is located in the mountains, 15 km south from the center of in . The lake is 2511 meters above sea level.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Grand Alma-Ata Lake”, “Ozero Almaatinskoye”, “Ozero Almatinskoye”, and “Ozero Bol’shoye Almaatinskoye”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tien-Shan astronomical observatory and Zhosalykezen pass.

Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is an astronomical observatory located in the Tien Shan Mountains at 2,800 meters altitude, 30 kilometers south of the city of in .

Mountain saddle
Photo: Dina Julayeva, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain saddle, which is situated 3½ km west of Big Almaty Lake.

Big Almaty Lake

Latitude
43.05086° or 43° 3′ 3″ north
Longitude
76.98514° or 76° 59′ 7″ east
Elevation
2,506 metres (8,222 feet)
Open location code
8JMR3X2P+83
Geo­Names ID
1525179
Wiki­data ID
Q4092255
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Satellite Map

Discover Big Almaty Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Big Almaty Lake” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Almatı gölü”
  • Cebuano: “Ozero Bol’shoye Almaatinskoye”
  • Chuvash: “Мăн Алма Ата кӳлли”
  • French: “Lac Ulken Almaty”
  • Georgian: “დიდი ალმათის ტბა”
  • Japanese: “大アルマトイ湖”
  • Kazakh: “Үлкен Алматы көлі”
  • Malay: “Tasik Besar Almaty”
  • Persian: “دریاچه بزرگ آلماتی”
  • Russian: “Ozero Bol’shoye Alma-Almatinskoye”
  • Russian: “БАО”
  • Russian: “Большое Алма-Атинское озеро”
  • Russian: “Большое Алматинское озеро”
  • Russian: “Озеро Большое Алма-Алматинское”
  • Spanish: “Gran Lago Almaty”
  • Tatar: “Зур Алма-ата күле”
  • Tatar: “Зур Алмата күле”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Almatı Gölü”

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