Ulken-Karoy

Ulken-Karoy
Үлкен Қараой / Улькен-Карой
Sentinel-2 image of the lake in 2020
Ulken-Karoy is located in Kazakhstan
Ulken-Karoy
Ulken-Karoy
LocationIshim Plain
West Siberian Plain
Coordinates53°59′N 71°57′E / 53.983°N 71.950°E / 53.983; 71.950
Typeendorheic
Primary inflowsAshchisu and Karasu
Basin countriesKazakhstan
Max. length67.7 kilometers (42.1 mi)
Max. width11.9 kilometers (7.4 mi)
Surface area305.5 square kilometers (118.0 sq mi)
Surface elevation57 meters (187 ft)
IslandsOne

Ulken-Karoy or Ulken Karaoy, meaning "Big Karoy" (Kazakh: Үлкен Қараой; Russian: Улькен-Карой or Большой Карой —Bolshoy Karoy),[1][2] is a salt lake in Akzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.[3][4][5]

The lake lies about 60 kilometers (37 mi) to the northwest of the northern end of larger Siletiteniz lake. 40 kilometers (25 mi) to the east lies lake Teke. The nearest inhabited localities are Kulykol and Talshik.[6]

  1. ^ қазақстан республикасының мемлекеттік жіктеуіші - КЛАССИФИКАТОР АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО – ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ ОБЪЕКТОВ
  2. ^ Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица)
  3. ^ "N-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ^ "N-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. ^ Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference was invoked but never defined (see the help page).