Trip from Lake Issyk Kul to gorge Dzhety-Oguz.

"There are two warm springs here. Near them stand several yurts where Russians and Kyrgyz who have come for treatment live. Awnings-yurts have been erected over two of the springs, where the sick bathe. These springs are located almost next to each other, and their surface temperatures are almost identical: 42° and 43° C; the lower spring is warmer. In addition to the temperature, the springs also have a very weak hydrogen sulfide content. The altitude of this place is 7077 feet."

V.I. Lipsky. "Flora of Central Asia, i.e., Russian Turkestan and the Khanates of Bukhara and Khiva." 1902-1903.

“20 kilometers from Karakol, where the mountain river Dzhetyguz roars out of a shady gorge, crashing against the cliffs, nicknamed by the Kyrgyz Dzhety-Oguz (seven bulls), there are hot sulfur springs with temperatures up to 43°, where a lot of people come for treatment.”

A. M. Briskin. "In the land of seven rivers: Essays on modern Semirechye." 1926

Visibility across traveler bookings in Kyrgyzstan.

Deposit of radon springs in Jety-Oguz gorge is located at an altitude of 2035 m. a. s. l., located 30 meters from left bank of river of same name, in close proximity to Jety-Oguz resort on northern slope of Terskey Ala-Too mountain range in Jety-Oguz district of Issyk-Kul region. 

In the west, near the Jety-Oguz River, a road branches off to the left from the main highway, which goes up the valley, bypassing the large village of Jety-Oguz to the resort of the same name located on the left bank of the river. Here, in the southern part of the resort, on the bank of a mountain, turbulent river, there is a deposit of hot, highly mineralized, healing springs, surrounded by emerald meadows, thickets of slender Tien-Shan firs and wild rocky outcrops.
The healing waters are characterized by high temperature and low radioactivity.
These are radon chloride-sodium-calcium, chloride-sulphate-sodium-calcium thermal waters. The hot radon springs of Jety-Oguz are characterized by a high level of mineralization and are the most famous and popular springs in the country.

Depending on the composition, radioactivity, mineralization and temperature of the hot Jety-Oguz springs, they are divided into:

a) highly mineralized,
b) mineralized and
c) slightly mineralized waters.

Hot springs also contain small amounts of bromine, iodine, boron, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, silver, strontium, germanium, as well as a number of organic substances such as bitumen, humin, phenols and volatile fatty acids. The temperature of the springs is from +37°C to +42°C.

Jety-Oguz resort uses radon (up to 127 nCi/l) thermal waters of two types:

- sodium-calcium chloride and
- sodium-calcium chloride-sulphate.

For baths at the Jety-Oguz resort, mineral waters of the 1st type are mainly used:

- from well No. 1 "K" (daily flow rate of 208.2 cubic meters, temperature 41° C, mineralization 12.1 g / l
- and from well No. 6 (daily flow rate of 229.8 m3, temperature 38.4° C, mineralization 10.1 g / l).

For drinking treatment, waters of the 2nd type are used (temperature 22.9° C, mineralization 3.6 g / l).

Geographic coordinates of radon, thermal deposit in Jety-Oguz gorge: N42°19'50 E78°14'15

Authority:
B. I. Rukavishnikov. "Lake Issyk Kul and Ridge Terskey Alatau". Moscow, "Physical culture and sport", 1970.

Photos by:
Alexander Petrov.