Ala-Köl
{{Short description|Mountain lake in Kyrgyzstan}}
{{About|the lake in Kyrgyzstan|the lake in Kazakhstan|Lake Alakol|other uses|Alakol (disambiguation)}}
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| location = Terskey Alatau
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| lake_type = Rock-dammed
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| catchment = {{convert|9.46|km2|abbr=on}}
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| area = {{convert|1.5|km2|abbr=on}}
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| elevation = {{convert|3532|m|abbr=on}}
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Ala-Köl ({{langx|ky|Ала-Көл}},[http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ru-ru/90251/10?cl=ky-kg Decree 7 September 2009 No. 561] {{in lang|ky}} also Алакөл, {{langx|ru|Ала-Куль|Ala-Kul}}) 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 {{cvt|3532|m}}. It is {{cvt|2.8|km}} long and {{cvt|600-700|m}} wide. Its area is {{cvt|1.5|km2}}.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://new.bizdin.kg/media/books/География_Кыргызстана.pdf|title=Алакөл|trans-title=Alaköl|encyclopedia=Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan]|page=215|language=ky|year=2004|location=Bishkek}}
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.Bretschneider, E. (1910), [https://books.google.com/books?id=3YoNAAAAIAAJ&q=Schrenk+ 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
Literally, the name Ala-Köl would mean 'variegated lake,' although it probably takes its name from the Ala-Таu mountains lying further north.Taylor, Issac (1898), [https://books.google.com/books?id=vqgYAAAAIAAJ&q=Lake+Ala-Kul Names and their histories: a handbook of historical geography and topographical nomenclature], p. 317, Rivingtons
See also
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