Kishi-Karoy
Kishi-Karoy or Kishi Karaoy, meaning "Little Karoy" (Kazakh: Кіші Қараой; Russian: Киши-Карой), is a bittern salt lake in Akzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
| Kishi-Karoy | |
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| Кіші Қараой / Киши-Карой | |
2021 Sentinel-2 image of the lake in May | |
Kishi-Karoy | |
| Location | Ishim Plain West Siberian Plain |
| Coordinates | 54°02′N 71°20′E |
| Type | endorheic |
| Basin countries | Kazakhstan |
| Max. length | 12.7 kilometers (7.9 mi) |
| Max. width | 12.1 kilometers (7.5 mi) |
| Surface area | 102 square kilometers (39 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 73.4 kilometers (45.6 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 53 meters (174 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The Kazakhstan–Russia border lies about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the northwest and northeast of the northern shores of the lake. Kishi-Karoy village, formerly Kievskoye, Bostandyk, Baytus and Kenashchi, formerly Menzhinskoye, are the nearest inhabited localities.
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