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Lake of Burkhat-Kol.

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Lake Burkhat-Kol is located on the southern slope of the Tarbagatai ridge, 3 kilometers, on the road from the Burkhat pass in the Katon-Karagai region of the East Kazakhstan region on the territory of the Katon-Karagai national natural park.
The height of the lake is 2141.9 meters above sea level. The length of Burkhat-Kol lake is 477 meters, the greatest width of the eastern part of the lake is 111 meters, the lake is stretched in the meridian direction.
The lake is located in a small intermontane depression among deciduous taiga. The western and southwestern parts of the lake are very swampy; birches, cedar, larch, dwarf cedar and dwarf birch grow on the mountain slopes in the vicinity of the lake.
The length of the path from the road that leads through the pass to the Bukhtarma river valley to the lake is 733 meters. The distance from Lake Burkhat-Kol to the highway Ust-Kamenogorsk - Lake Rakhmanovskoye is 13 kilometers.
Geographic coordinates of Burkhat-Kol lake: N49 ° 08'39.85 "E86 ° 02'44.63" 

The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.The lake Burkhat and environs.

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.