| Aksai Chin Lake | |
|---|---|
| Amtogor Tso (Standard Tibetan) | |
 View of Aksai Chin Lake taken during ISS Expedition 54. | |
  Aksai Chin Lake | |
| Location | Aksai Chin (disputed territory) |
| Coordinates | 35°13′N 79°51′E / 35.217°N 79.850°E |
| Type | Salt lake |
| Etymology | See Aksai Chin § Name |
| Primary outflows | evaporation |
| Max. length | 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) |
| Max. width | 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) |
| Surface area | 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 12.6 metres (41 ft) |
| Water volume | 136.2698 cubic kilometres (32.6929 cu mi) |
| Surface elevation | 4,844 metres (15,892 ft) |
Aksai Chin Lake or Aksayqin Lake,[1] (Chinese: 阿克赛钦湖; pinyin: Ākèsàiqīn Hú) 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[2][3] which means "encounter with a round object".[4]
- ^ Li, Shijie; Zeng, Benxing; Jiao, Keqin (1989). "Preliminary research on lacustrine deposits and lake evolution on the southern slope of the West Kunlun mountains" (PDF). Bulletin of Glaciological Research. 7. Japanese Society of Snow and Ice: 170–173.
(p170) 129 glaciers with area of 709.08 km² and ice volume of 136.2698 km3 in the Aksayqin Lake drainage basin ... (p173) The lake-level of Aksayqin Lake lies at 4844m a.s.l.
- ^ Lamb, Alastair (1973). The Sino-Indian Border in Ladakh (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-7081-0399-5.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Raghav Sharan Sharma (2018). The Unfought War of 1962: An Appraisal. Routledge. p. [1]. ISBN 9781351056366.
1899 Line: It concedes Karakash, Soda Plain and Amtogor Tso lake to China in the Aksai Chin and retains the rest with India.
- ^ Nehru, Jawaharlal (14 February 1961). Palat, Madhavan K. (ed.). Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru. Vol. 66. New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund. p. 68. ISBN 978-01-994670-1-3. Retrieved 1 January 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Indian side ... drew attention to the fact that ... in Aksai Chin all the major place names were Ladakhi ... Amtogar meant an encounter with a round object