Issyk-Kul topographic map

Name: Issyk-Kul topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Issyk-Kul, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan (42.15422 76.18366 42.76987 78.32748)

Average elevation: 2,589 m

Minimum elevation: 762 m

Maximum elevation: 4,922 m

Issyk-Kul (also Ysyk-Köl, Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл, romanized: Ysyk-Köl, lit. 'warm lake', [ɯsɯk kœl]) is an endorheic (i.e., without outflow) saline lake in the western Tianshan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan, just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the seventh-deepest lake in the world, the tenth-largest lake in the world by volume (though not in surface area) and the third-largest saline lake. Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in the Kyrgyz language; although it is located at a lofty elevation of 1,607 metres (5,272 ft) and subject to severe cold during winter, it rarely freezes, due to the salinity.

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