Lake Issyk-Kul

Lake Issyk-Kul in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan reaches 668 m in depth, ranking as the eighth-deepest lake in the world. Located in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan, Lake Issyk-Kul is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, with a certified maximum sounding depth of 668 m. Situated at an altitude of 1,607 m above sea level, it is the second-largest alpine mountain lake in the world, surpassed only by Lake Titicaca in South America. The endorheic basin measures 182 km in length and 60 km in width, covering a surface area of 6,236 km2 and holding a volume of 1,738 km3.