Kanas Lake
Kanas Lake is a lake in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The lake is located in a valley in the Altai Mountains, near the very northern tip of Xinjiang and the autonomous region's borders with Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Hanas Lake”, “Hanasi Lake”, and “lake of Hanas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hanas National Nature Reserve.
Hanas National Nature Reserve
Photo: Jiang Jianhua, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kanas National Nature Reserve is in Xinjiang Province of China. Kanas is also called Hanas which is the name used by local Kazakhs. Kanas is the named used by local Tuvans, and has been recognised by local government as the official name.
Kanas Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Kanas Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Kanas Lake” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni Knas”
- Arabic: “بحيرة كاناس”
- Basque: “Kanas lakua”
- Catalan: “Llac Kanas”
- Cebuano: “Kanas Lake”
- Chinese: “哈纳斯湖”
- Chinese: “喀纳斯景区”
- Chinese: “喀纳斯湖”
- Chinese: “布尔津喀纳斯湖国家地质公园”
- Chuvash: “Канас”
- Czech: “Kanas”
- Dutch: “Hanasmeer”
- Dutch: “Kanasmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كاناس”
- French: “lac Kanas”
- French: “Lac Kanas”
- German: “Kanasi”
- Indonesian: “Danau Kanas”
- Japanese: “カナス湖”
- Korean: “카나스호”
- Lithuanian: “Kanasas”
- Mongolian: “Хаан ус нуур”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਨਸ ਝੀਲ”
- Persian: “دریاچه قاناس”
- Russian: “Канас (озеро, Китай)”
- Russian: “Канас”
- Spanish: “Lago Kanas”
- Swedish: “Kanas Lake”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบคานาส”
- Turkish: “Kanas gölü”
- Turkish: “Kanas Gölü”
- Uighur: “قاناس كۆلى”
- Ukrainian: “Канас”
- Urdu: “قاناس جھیل”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Kanas”
- Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên Kanas”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kanasi Hu.
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