View from the Pamir Highway (M41) towards SE. This 380 square kilometres large lake at an elevation of almost 4000 m asl occupies an endorheic basin said to represent a meteorite impact crater. The water is brackish, and salt crusts are common in the surroundings of the lake.
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
- Created
- on Sunday 14 August 2011 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- high-mountain ecosystems, lake, mountainscape, puna
- Visits and license
- 4219 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license