Sayram Lake
Sairam Lake, also known as Santai Haizi or historically the "Clean Sea", is an endorheic freshwater lake in the northern Tianshan Mountains at Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, less than 50 km from the border with Kazakhstan.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in China
- Also known as: “Hsi-fang-ching Hai”, “Ozero Sayram-Nur”, “Sai-li-mu Hu”, “Sai-li-mu-le-erh”, “Sailimu Hu”, “Sairam Lake”, “Sairam Nor”, “Sairan Nor”, “Sairjin Nur”, “Satram Lake”, “Sayram Nuur”, “Sayramnor”, “三台海子”, and “淨海”
Sayram Lake
- Categories: Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction and body of water
- Location: Dzungarian, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
44.6° or 44° 36′ north
Longitude
81.1167° or 81° 7′ east
Elevation
2,072 metres (6,798 feet)
Open location code
8MP3H4X8+XM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sayram Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة سيرام”
- Basque: “Sayram lakua”
- Cebuano: “Sayram Hu”
- Chinese: “賽里木湖”
- Chinese: “赛里木湖”
- Chinese: “赛里木湖国家湿地公园”
- Chuvash: “Сайрам-Нур”
- Dutch: “Sayrammeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سيرام”
- French: “lac Sayram”
- French: “Lac Sayram”
- German: “Sayram-See”
- Indonesian: “Danau Sayram”
- Italian: “lago Sayram”
- Italian: “Lago Sayram”
- Japanese: “サリム湖”
- Lithuanian: “Sajramas”
- Panjabi: “ਸਾਯਰਮ ਝੀਲ”
- Persian: “دریاچه سایرام”
- Polish: “Sayram Hu”
- Russian: “Сайрам-Нур”
- Spanish: “Lago Sayram”
- Swedish: “Sayram Hu”
- Turkish: “Sayram Gölü”
- Uighur: “سايرام كۆلى”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Sayram”
- Wu Chinese: “赛里木湖”
- Yue Chinese: “賽里木湖”
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Places to explore: 赛里木湖西海草原景区 and 二台.
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