Aksai Chin Lake / Amtogor Tso
Aksai Chin Lake or Aksayqin Lake, is an endorheic lake in the disputed region of Aksai Chin. The plateau is administered by China but also claimed by India. Its Tibetan / Ladakhi name is Amtogar or Amtogor Tso which means "encounter with a round object".- Type: Body of water
- Description: endorheic lake located in the Aksai Chin region
- Also known as: “Aksai Chin Lake”, “Aksayqin Hu”, “Aksayqin Lake”, “Amtogar”, and “Amtogor Tso”
Aksai Chin Lake / Amtogor Tso
- Category: lake
- Location: Leh Ladakh, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.21018° or 35° 12′ 37″ northLongitude
79.84403° or 79° 50′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8J7X6R6V+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 44424976OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q4701734
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Aksai Chin Lake / Amtogor Tso” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Aksayqin Hu”
- Chinese: “安托沟尔湖”
- Chinese: “阿克赛钦湖”
- Chinese: “阿托哥湖”
- Dutch: “Aksai Chinmeer”
- German: “Aksai Chin”
- Hindi: “अकेसाईचिन हू”
- Hindi: “अक्साई चिन झील”
- Japanese: “アクサイチン湖”
- Panjabi: “ਅਕਸਾਈ ਚੀਨ ਝੀਲ”
- Persian: “دریاچه اقصای چین”
- Swedish: “Aksayqin Hu”
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