Roopkund Lake

Roopkund, locally known as Mystery Lake or Skeleton Lake, is a high-altitude glacial lake in at an altitude of 5,020 m, between peak and peak, in the Chamoli District of state of .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
  • Also known as: “Mystery Lake”, “Roopkund”, “Rup Kund”, “Skeleton Lake”, “Skeletons Lake”, and “Skeletons‘ Lake”

Roopkund Lake

Latitude
30.2621° or 30° 15′ 44″ north
Longitude
79.7317° or 79° 43′ 54″ east
Elevation
5,029 metres (16,499 feet)
Open location code
8J2X7P6J+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 180942769
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q1112110
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Roopkund Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة روبكوند”
  • Asturian: “Roopkund”
  • Azerbaijani: “Roopkund”
  • Bengali: “রূপকুণ্ড”
  • Bhojpuri: “रूपकुंड”
  • Catalan: “Llac dels esquelets”
  • Catalan: “Llac Roopkund”
  • Catalan: “Roopkund”
  • Chinese: “Roopkund”
  • Czech: “Rúp Kund”
  • Dutch: “Roopkund”
  • Finnish: “Roopkund”
  • French: “Roopkund”
  • German: “Roopkund Lake”
  • German: “Roopkund-See”
  • Gujarati: “રૂપકુંડ”
  • Hebrew: “רופקונד”
  • Hindi: “रूपकुण्ड”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Misteri (Roopkund)”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Misteri”
  • Italian: “Roopkund”
  • Italian: “Skeletons Lake”
  • Japanese: “ループクンド湖”
  • Kannada: “ರೂಪಕುಂಡ”
  • Madurese: “Danau Misteri”
  • Madurese: “Tase‘ Misteri (Roopkund)”
  • Malayalam: “രൂപ്കുണ്ഡ് തടാകം”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Roopkund”
  • Nepali: “रुपकुण्ड”
  • Nepali: “रूपकुण्ड”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੂਪਕੁੰਡ”
  • Portuguese: “Roopkund”
  • Russian: “Роопкунд”
  • Spanish: “Roopkund”
  • Tamil: “ரூப் குண்டம்”
  • Telugu: “రూప్ కుండ్”
  • Telugu: “రూప్‌కుండ్”
  • Thai: “รูปกุณฑ์”
  • Turkish: “Roopkund”
  • Ukrainian: “Роопкунд”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Roopkund”
  • “रूपकुंड”

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