Karakul
Karakul is a small village on the Pamir Highway surrounded by a large crater lake. It sits on a desolate high plain. If you are coming from Kyrgyzstan beware of possible altitude sickness.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 3,900 metres (12,795 feet)
- Description: lake in Tajikistan
- Also known as“Great Kara Kol”“Great Kāra Lake”“Great Qara Köl”“Kara-kul Lake”“Lake Kara Kul”“Lake Qarakul”“Ozero Karakul’”“Qarakul”“Qarakul Lake”“Qarokŭl”
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Latitude
39.04° or 39° 2′ 24″ north
Longitude
73.3917° or 73° 23′ 30″ east
Open location code
8JFM29QR+XM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Karakul” goes by many names.
بحيرة كاراكولArabic
KarakulBasque
Karakul (Tajikistan)Basque
КаракульBelarusian
Kara-KulBosnian
КаракулBulgarian
KarakulCatalan
Karakul (Tadjikistan)Catalan
卡拉库尔湖Chinese
卡拉庫爾湖Chinese
喀拉库勒湖Chinese
КаракульChuvash
KarakulCroatian
KarakulCzech
KarakulDutch
بحيره كاراكولEgyptian Arabic
بحيره كاراكول (بحيره)Egyptian Arabic
Kara-KulFinnish
ყარაქოლიGeorgian
ΚαρακούλGreek
Kara-kulHungarian
KarakulIndonesian
Kara-KulItalian
Kara-Kul (Tagikistan)Italian
カラクル湖Japanese
Кара-КөлKirghiz
Кара-Көл, ПамирKirghiz
KarakelsLatvian
KarakulisLithuanian
KarakulNorwegian
KarakulNorwegian Bokmål
QarakulNorwegian Nynorsk
کاراکولPersian
Kara-kulPolish
KarokulPolish
Lacul Kara-KulRomanian
КаракульRussian
KarakulSlovenian
Karakul (Tadžikistan)Slovenian
KarakulSundanese
Kara-KulSwedish
ҚарокӯлTajik
ХоваркӯлTajik
КаракульUkrainian
QorakoʻlUzbek
Kara-Kul (Tagikistan)Venetian
Hồ KarakulVietnamese
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