Английская Википедия:Ala-Köl
Шаблон:About Шаблон:Infobox lake Ala-Köl (Шаблон:Lang-ky,[1] also Алакөл, Шаблон:Lang-ru) is a rock-dammed lake in the Terskey Alatau mountain range in the Ak-Suu District of the Issyk-Kul Region in Kyrgyzstan. It lies at an altitude of Шаблон:Cvt. It is Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Its area is Шаблон:Cvt.[2]
History
A Russian traveller named Putimtsoff was the first to knowingly visit the lake in 1811. He gave a good description of it, mentioning rocks of different colours in the lake, and the furious winds blowing around the lake. Thirty years later Alexander von Schrenk explored the lake and its surroundings.[3]
Literally, the name Ala-Köl would mean 'variegated lake,' although it probably takes its name from the Ala-Таu mountains lying further north.[4]
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External links
- ↑ Decree 7 September 2009 No. 561 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
- ↑ Bretschneider, E. (1910), Mediæval researches from eastern Asiatic sources: Fragments towards the knowledge of the geography and history of central and western Asia from the 13th to the 17th century, p. 126, Michigan University
- ↑ Taylor, Issac (1898), Names and their histories: a handbook of historical geography and topographical nomenclature, p. 317, Rivingtons
