Tasaral Island ( kz, Тасарал, ''Tasaral'') is an island in
Lake Balkhash
Lake Balkhash ( kk, Балқаш көлі, ''Balqaş kóli'', ; russian: озеро Балхаш, ozero Balkhash) is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the ea ...
. It is located in the western part of the lake.
Geography
Tasaral Island is located close to the shore, separated from it by a wide sound. It has a length of , a maximum width of roughly and its maximum height reaches .
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The shore of the island is rocky —'Tas' meaning "rock" and 'Aral' meaning "island"— with cliffs rising above the lake. Named after the island, the small town of Tasaral, founded in 1928 and dedicated mainly to fisheries, is located on the shore opposite the NW point of Tasaral Island.
Administratively Tasaral Island belongs to the
Aktogay District of the
Karaganda Region of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
.
Fauna
The Central Asiatic frog ''(
Rana asiatica)'' is one of the amphibians found on the island.
AmphibiaWeb - ''Rana asiatica'', Central Asiatic Frog
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See also
* List of islands of Kazakhstan
References
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Lake Balkhash
Lake islands of Kazakhstan