Ayding Lake

Aydingkol, or Aiding Lake, is a lake in the Turpan Depression, located within , China. At 154 m below sea level, it is the lowest point in China. This lake is now totally dried, and very muddy and salty.
Wikipedia
Gruschke, Public domain.
  • Body of water (intermittent)
  • …has a surface elevation of -154 metres (-505 feet)
  • Description: lake in Western China
  • Also known as
    “A-ti-en Hu”
    “Ai-ting Hu”
    “Ai-ting-k’u-lo”
    “Aidin Köl”
    “Aiding Hu”
    “Aydingkol”
    “Aydökkul’”
    “Bodshante-köl”
    “Chiao-lo-huan”
    “Ozero Aydyn-kul’”
    “Ozero Bodzhante”
    “艾丁湖 ئايدىڭكۆل”
  • Category: lake
  • Location
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Latitude
42.65721° or 42° 39′ 26″ north
Longitude
89.27173° or 89° 16′ 18″ east
Open location code
8MJFM74C+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44029376
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Geo­Names ID
1529631
Wiki­data ID
Q792880

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ayding Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة أيدينغ”
  • Balinese: “Danu Aydingkol”
  • Basque: “Ayding aintzira”
  • Basque: “Aydingkol”
  • Bulgarian: “Айдънкьол”
  • Catalan: “Aiding”
  • Catalan: “Ayding”
  • Catalan: “Aydingköl”
  • Catalan: “Aydingkul”
  • Catalan: “Llac Aiding”
  • Catalan: “Llac Ayding”
  • Catalan: “Llac Aydingkol”
  • Chinese: “Àidīng Hú”
  • Chinese: “艾丁湖”
  • Chuvash: “Айдынкёль”
  • Czech: “Ajdingköl”
  • Czech: “Aydingkol Hu”
  • Czech: “Aydingkol”
  • Czech: “Bodžante kul”
  • Czech: “Bodzhante kul”
  • Dutch: “Ayding Lake”
  • Dutch: “Aydingmeer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ايدينج”
  • French: “Lac Aiding”
  • Galician: “Lago Aiding”
  • German: “Àidīng Hú”
  • German: “Aydingkol-See”
  • German: “Aydingköl”
  • Hebrew: “אגם איידינג”
  • Italian: “Lago Ayding”
  • Japanese: “アイディン湖”
  • Korean: “아이딩 호”
  • Lithuanian: “Aidynkiolis”
  • Lithuanian: “Ajdynkiolis”
  • Macedonian: “Ајдинг”
  • Macedonian: “Ајдингќол”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ضاية آيدينڭ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aydingkol”
  • Norwegian: “Aydingkol”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਇਡਿੰਗ ਝੀਲ”
  • Persian: “دریاچه آیدینگ”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Ayding”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Ayding”
  • Russian: “Айдин-куль”
  • Russian: “Айдынкёль”
  • Russian: “Боджантекуль”
  • Slovenian: “Jezero Ajding”
  • Spanish: “Aidingkol”
  • Spanish: “Lago Aiding”
  • Spanish: “Lago Aidingkol”
  • Spanish: “Lago Ayding”
  • Swedish: “Aydingkol”
  • Swedish: “Jiaoluo”
  • Swedish: “Jiaoluohu”
  • Swedish: “Jiaoluosjön”
  • Turkish: “Ayding gölü”
  • Uighur: “ئايدىڭكۆل”
  • Uighur: “ئايدىڭكۆل|Aydingköl”
  • Ukrainian: “Айдинколь”
  • Ukrainian: “Айдинкьоль”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Ngải Đinh”
  • Western Panjabi: “آئیدنگ جھیل”

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