Lake Chagan

Shagan or Chagan is a in Zhanasemey District, , . Formed by a nuclear test explosion in 1965, it is part of the Balapan complex, one of the main tourist attractions of the Semipalatinsk Test Site.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Atomic Lake”, “Chagan”, “Lake Balapan”, and “Shagan”

Lake Chagan

Latitude
49.9355° or 49° 56′ 8″ north
Longitude
79.0085° or 79° 0′ 31″ east
Open location code
8JXXW2P5+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 172385354
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q2641234
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Chagan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Lake Chagan” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Çaqan gölü”
  • Bashkir: “Чаган күле”
  • Belarusian: “Балапан”
  • Belarusian: “Чаган”
  • Bulgarian: “Чаган”
  • Catalan: “Llac Txagan”
  • Chinese: “人工湖”
  • Chinese: “恰甘湖”
  • Czech: “Čaganské jezero”
  • Dutch: “Lake Chagan”
  • Erzya: “Чаган”
  • French: “lac Chagan”
  • French: “Lac Chagan”
  • German: “Schagan-See”
  • German: “Schagan”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Τσαγκάν”
  • Greek: “Τσαγκάν”
  • Hungarian: “Csagan-tó”
  • Italian: “lago Chagan”
  • Italian: “Lago Chagan”
  • Japanese: “チャガン湖”
  • Kazakh: “Şağan bögeni”
  • Kazakh: “Шаған бөгені”
  • Kazakh: “Шаған”
  • Kazakh: “شاعان بوگەنى”
  • Lombard: “Lag Chagan”
  • Mongolian: “Чаган нуур”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lac Chagan”
  • Persian: “دریاچه چاگان”
  • Polish: “Czagan”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Atomowe”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Balapan”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Chagan”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Czagan”
  • Polish: “Szagan”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Chagan”
  • Russian: “Атом-Коль”
  • Russian: “Балапан”
  • Russian: “озеро Чаган”
  • Russian: “Чаган”
  • Serbian: “Чаган”
  • Spanish: “Lago Chagan”
  • Turkish: “Çağan Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Чаган”
  • Venetian: “lago Chagan”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Chagan”

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