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Barkol Lake 巴里坤湖Bālǐkūn Hú
4A scenic area · Hami, Xinjiang
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hami
- Region
- Xinjiang
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Barkol Lake
Barkol Lake, known in Han times as the Pulei Sea, is a salt lake at about 1,585 m in the western Barkol grassland, ringed by the Barkol and Moqin Ula mountains. Its northern part yields salt and its southern part mirabilite and brine shrimp, and in summer herders pitch felt tents and graze their flocks on the meadows along the shore.
How to get to Barkol Lake
About 20 km west of Barkol county town by road; go by car.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Barkol Old City 巴里坤古城 (20 km).
On the map
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