| Sheshnag Lake | |
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  Sheshnag Lake | |
| Location | Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Coordinates | 34°05′37″N 75°29′48″E / 34.093697°N 75.496686°E |
| Type | Oligotrophic lake |
| Primary inflows | Melting of snow |
| Primary outflows | A tributary of Lidder River |
| Max. length | 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 3,590 metres (11,780 ft) |
| Frozen | December to March |
Sheshnag Lake (Urdu pronunciation: [ʃeːʃnɑːɡ] ; Kashmiri pronunciation: [ʃiːʃinaːɡ]) is an alpine high elevation oligotrophic lake[1] located in Anantnag district of Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India at an elevation of 3590 meters. It is situated on the track leading to the Amarnath cave, about 23 km from Pahalgam. It has a maximum length of 1.1 km and maximum width of 0.7 km.
- ^ Raina, HS; KK Vass (May–June 2006). "Some biological features of a freshwater fairy shrimp, Branchinecta schantzi, Mackin, 1952 in the Northwestern Himalayas, India" (PDF). J. Indian Inst. Sci. 86: 287–291. Retrieved 23 April 2012.[permanent dead link]