Aydingkol Lake

Visitor information

Also known as

艾丁湖景区

Scenic area grade

3A

City

Turpan

Address

Gaochang District, Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Coordinates

43.8567034, 87.4049878

About Aydingkol Lake

Aydingkol Lake, called "Jueluoyuan" in Uyghur, meaning "Moonlight Lake", is located in Gaochang District, Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is the lowest point of the Turpan Basin. The lake surface is 154.31 meters lower than the sea level, and the lowest point of the lake bottom is 161 meters lower than the sea level. The Turpan Basin is a closed intermountain basin on the south side of the eastern section of the Tianshan Mountains in China, and Lake Aydin is the destination of surface runoff in the Turpan Basin. The lake surface is crystal clear and white, and it is narrow and elongated. The lake water is drying up day by day, and the lake surface is mostly covered with salt layers. The lake is rich in metal minerals such as mirabilite, copper, and manganese. There are widespread swamps in the east of the lake, mostly sand dunes, with no rivers flowing into them.

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