Issyk Kul
Issyk Kul is a lake in Kyrgyzstan. The name refers both to the lake and the oblast containing the lake. The region is centered around the massive Issyk Kul lake, which is the second largest alpine lake in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tamchy.
Tamchy
Photo: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tamchy is a small city in Kyrgyzstan. Tamchy is located in the Issyk Kul Province and is a wonderful place to experience the lake.
Issyk Kul
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Kyrgyzstan
- Also known as: “Issigh Kul”, “Issik-köl”, “Issyk-Kol”, “Issyk-Kul”, “Ri Hai”, “Rihai”, “Temu’ertu Nuo’er”, “Temurtu Lake”, “Temurtu Nor”, “Ysyk Köl”, “Ysyk-Koel”, and “Ysyk-Köl”
- Categories: endorheic lake and body of water
- Location: Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Issyk Kul” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إسيك كول”
- Arabic: “بحيرة إيسيق كول”
- Arabic: “بحيرة إيسيك كول”
- Armenian: “ISIK KUL”
- Armenian: “Իսիկ Կուլ”
- Asturian: “Llagu Issyk-Kul”
- Azerbaijani: “Isıkgöl”
- Azerbaijani: “İssık-Kul”
- Bashkir: “Эҫек-Күл”
- Bashkir: “Эҫеккүл”
- Basque: “Issyk-Kul”
- Belarusian: “Возера Ісык-Куль”
- Belarusian: “Ісык-Куль”
- Bengali: “ইসিক-কুল”
- Bengali: “ইস্যাক কুল”
- Bulgarian: “Исък Кул”
- Catalan: “Issik Kul”
- Catalan: “Issik-Kul”
- Catalan: “Issiq Ku”
- Catalan: “Issiq Kul”
- Catalan: “Issiq Qul”
- Cebuano: “Ysyk-Köl”
- Central Bikol: “Issyk-Kul”
- Chechen: “Иссык-Куль”
- Chinese: “伊塞克湖”
- Chinese: “大清池”
- Chinese: “热海”
- Chinese: “熱海”
- Chinese: “特穆爾圖諾爾”
- Chinese: “闐池”
- Chuvash: “Иссык-Куль”
- Chuvash: “Ыссык Кӳл”
- Croatian: “Isik Kul”
- Croatian: “Issyk-Kul”
- Czech: “Issyk Kul”
- Czech: “Issyk-kul”
- Dutch: “Issyk Koel”
- Dutch: “Issyk Koelmeer”
- Dutch: “Issyk Kul”
- Dutch: “Issyk-Koel”
- Dutch: “Isyk Kol”
- Dutch: “Isyk Köl”
- Dutch: “Isyk-Kol”
- Dutch: “Isyk-Köl”
- Dutch: “Ysyk Kol”
- Dutch: “Ysyk Köl”
- Dutch: “Ysyk-Kol”
- Dutch: “Ysyk-Köl”
- Dutch: “Ysykkol”
- Dutch: “Ysykköl”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ايسيك كول”
- Esperanto: “Isik-Köl”
- Esperanto: “Issik-Kul”
- Estonian: “Issõk-Kul”
- Estonian: “Õsõk-Köl”
- Estonian: “Õsõkköl”
- Fiji Hindi: “Issyk Kul”
- Finnish: “Issyk Kul”
- French: “Issik Koul”
- French: “Issik-koul”
- French: “Issygh koul”
- French: “Issyk Kul”
- French: “Issyk-Koul”
- French: “Lac Issik-Kul”
- French: “Ysik Koul”
- French: “Yssik Koul”
- French: “Yssyk Köl”
- French: “Yssyk Koul”
- French: “Yssyk Kul”
- French: “Yssyk-Köl”
- French: “Yssykköl”
- French: “Ysyk Köl”
- French: “Ysyk Koul”
- French: “Ysyk Kul”
- French: “Ysyk-Köl”
- Galician: “Lago Issyk-Kul”
- Georgian: “ისიკ-ყული”
- Georgian: “ისიქ-ქოლი”
- German: “Issyk Kul”
- German: “Issyk-Kul”
- German: “Issykkul”
- German: “Yssikkul”
- German: “Yssyk Köl”
- German: “Yssyk-Köl”
- German: “Yssykköl”
- German: “Ysyk-Köl”
- Greek: “Ισσύκ-Κουλ”
- Hebrew: “איסיק קול”
- Hebrew: “איסיק קיול”
- Hindi: “इसिक कुल झील”
- Hindi: “इसिक कुल”
- Hungarian: “Iszik-köl”
- Indonesian: “Issyk Kul”
- Irish: “Loch Issícúil”
- Italian: “Issyk Kul”
- Italian: “Issyk-Kul”
- Italian: “Jekai”
- Italian: “Lago Yssik Kul”
- Italian: “Ysyk-Köl”
- Italian: “Ysykköl”
- Japanese: “イシク・クル”
- Japanese: “イシク・クル湖”
- Japanese: “イシククル湖”
- Japanese: “イシク湖”
- Japanese: “イスィク・クル”
- Kazakh: “Ыстықкөл”
- Kirghiz: “Ysyk-Köl”
- Kirghiz: “Ысык-Көл”
- Kölsch: “Yssykköl”
- Korean: “이스쿨 호”
- Korean: “이스쿨 호수”
- Korean: “이시크쿨 호”
- Korean: “이식쿨 호”
- Korean: “이식쿨 호수”
- Korean: “이식쿨호”
- Latin: “Issyk Kul”
- Latvian: “Isikuls”
- Latvian: “Issikuls”
- Literary Chinese: “闐池”
- Lithuanian: “Isyk Kulis”
- Lithuanian: “Isykulis”
- Macedonian: “Исик Ќол”
- Macedonian: “Исик Кул”
- Macedonian: “Исик-ќол”
- Malay: “Issyk-Kul”
- Malayalam: “ഇസ്സിക് കുൾ”
- Mingrelian: “ისიქ-ქოლი”
- Mongolian: “Төмөртэй нуур”
- Mongolian: “Ысык нуур”
- Northern Frisian: “Issyk-Kul”
- Northern Frisian: “Yssyk-Köl”
- Northern Frisian: “Ysyk Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Issyk-Kul”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Issyk Kul”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Issyk-Kul”
- Norwegian: “Issyk-Kul”
- Ossetian: “Иссык-Куль”
- Panjabi: “ਇਸੀਕ ਕੁਲ”
- Persian: “ایسیک کول”
- Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
- Persian: “دریاچه ایسیقکول”
- Persian: “دریاچه ایسیک کول”
- Persian: “دریاچهٔ ایسیک کول”
- Polish: “Issyk Kul”
- Polish: “Issyk-kul”
- Polish: “Issyk-Kul”
- Polish: “Jezioro Yssyk-köl”
- Polish: “Yssyk-Köl”
- Portuguese: “Issyk Kul”
- Portuguese: “Issyk-Kul”
- Portuguese: “Lago Issyk-Kul”
- Romanian: “Issîk-Kul”
- Russian: “Ozero Issyk-Kul’”
- Russian: “Иссык-Куль”
- Russian: “Озеро Иссык-Куль”
- Serbian: “Исик Кул”
- Serbian: “Иссык-Куль”
- Serbian: “Ысыккөл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Issyk-Kul”
- Sindhi: “اسيڪ ڪول”
- Slovak: “Issyk-kuľ”
- Slovak: “Issyk-Kuľ”
- Slovenian: “Isik Kul”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایسیقگؤل کتیبهسی”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایسیقگؤل”
- Spanish: “Issik Kul”
- Spanish: “Issik-Kul”
- Spanish: “Issyk Kul”
- Spanish: “Issyk-Kul”
- Spanish: “Lago Issyk-Kul”
- Spanish: “Ysyk Köl”
- Swahili: “Issyk Kul”
- Swedish: “Issik-Kul”
- Swedish: “Issyk Kul”
- Swedish: “Issyk-kol”
- Swedish: “Issyk-Kul”
- Swedish: “Issyk-Kyl”
- Swedish: “Issykköl”
- Swedish: “Issykkul”
- Swedish: “Yssik Köl”
- Swedish: “Yssuk-Köl”
- Swedish: “Yssykköl”
- Swedish: “Ysyk Köl”
- Swedish: “Ysyk-Kol”
- Swedish: “Ysyk-Köl”
- Swedish: “Ysykkol”
- Swedish: “Ysykköl”
- Tajik: “Иссиқкӯл”
- Tamil: “இசிக்-குல் ஏரி”
- Tatar: “Esse-Kül”
- Thai: “อือซึก-เกิล”
- Turkish: “Isık Göl”
- Turkish: “Issık Göl”
- Turkish: “Issık gölü”
- Turkish: “Issık Köl”
- Turkish: “Issıkgöl”
- Turkish: “Issıkköl”
- Ukrainian: “Іссик-Куль”
- Urdu: “اسیک کول جھیل”
- Urdu: “اسیک کول”
- Urdu: “جھیل اسیک کول”
- Uzbek: “Issiqkoʻl”
- Venetian: “Ysykköl”
- Vietnamese: “Issyk Kul”
- Vietnamese: “Issyk-Kul”
- Waray (Philippines): “Issyk Kul”
- Western Panjabi: “جھیل اسیک کول”
- Wu Chinese: “伊塞克湖”
- Yue Chinese: “伊塞克湖”
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