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Fun fact 2 about Issyk-Kul

Issykkul plyag
lake

During the Soviet era, Issyk-Kul Lake became a popular vacation resort with numerous sanitoria and vacation homes.

Issyk-Kul
Kyrgyzstan
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Issyk-Kul

Kyrgyzstan

Area
6,236 km²
Max depth
668 m
Countries
Kyrgyzstan
24th largest lake in the world

Issyk-Kul or Ysyk-Köl is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan—just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest lake in the world by volume, and the second-largest saline lake.

From the “Tourism” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Қайырқан Әсем · CC BY-SA 4.0