Barak Kol (lake)

Barakkol
Барақкөл
Lakes Barakkol (left) and Ashchykol (right) Sentinel-2 image
Location of lake in Kazakhstan.
Location of lake in Kazakhstan.
Barakkol
LocationUlytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Coordinates49°18′43″N 67°16′33″E / 49.31194°N 67.27583°E / 49.31194; 67.27583
Typelake
Max. length4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Max. width3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Surface area12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi)
Average depth2.9 metres (9 ft 6 in)

Barakkol[1] (Kazakh: Барақкөл, Baraqköl) is a lake in Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, central Kazakhstan.[2]

Barakkol is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is Arganatinsk. Köl is the word for lake in Turkic languages, and Baraq was a khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BDZ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Ozero Barakkol', Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan". Traveling Luck.
  3. ^ Biran, Michael (1997). Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia. Surrey, England: Curzon Press. ISBN 978-0-7007-0631-0.

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