Khökh Nuur

Khökh Nuur, located in , , is a lake and the lowest point in at 560 metres. The bottom of the lake was cleaned in 2017. It is part of the Landscapes of Dauria World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: lake and lowest point in Mongolia
  • Also known as: “Choch nuur”, “Choch-nuur”, “Chochnuur”, “Hoeh Nuur”, “Hoh Nuur”, “Höhö Nuur”, “Kho-kho Nuur”, “Khökh nuur”, “Khukhu Nor”, “Khukhu-nur”, “Koku nōru Hu”, “Kuku-nor”, “lac Hoh Nuur”, and “Хөх нуур ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khar Zurkhnii Khokh Nuur.

Photo: Munkhzaya.E, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Black Heart Blue Lake, is a historically and culturally significant freshwater lake situated in the Khentii province of Mongolia.

Khökh Nuur

Latitude
49.52307° or 49° 31′ 23″ north
Longitude
115.57855° or 115° 34′ 43″ east
Elevation
565 metres (1,854 feet)
Open location code
8PXQGHFH+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 61243135
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
2030684
Wiki­data ID
Q20160756
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Khökh Nuur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوه نور”
  • Arabic: “هوه نوور”
  • Catalan: “Hoh Nuur”
  • Cebuano: “Höh Nuur”
  • Chinese: “呼赫湖”
  • Czech: “Chöch núr”
  • Finnish: “Höh Nuur”
  • French: “Hoh Nuur”
  • Hebrew: “אגם חוח”
  • Italian: “Hoh Nuur”
  • Mongolian: “Дорнодын Хөх нуур”
  • Mongolian: “Хөх нуур”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “هوه نوور”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khokh Nuur”
  • Norwegian: “Khokh Nuur”
  • Panjabi: “ਹੋਹ ਨੂਰ”
  • Persian: “دریاچه هوه”
  • Polish: “Chöch nuur”
  • Portuguese: “Hoh Nuur”
  • Russian: “Хух-Нур”
  • Spanish: “Hoh Nuur”
  • Swedish: “Höh Nuur”
  • Ukrainian: “Хух-Нур”
  • Venetian: “Hoh Nuur”

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Highlights: Хөх нуур.

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