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Location: Tajikistan, Asia

 

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Iskanderkul Lake

The largest lake of the Fan Mountains.

Sorry no image of Iskanderkul Lake

The Kulikalon Lakes

The Kulikalon Lakes are located in a basin between 2750m and 3000m - the basin is of moraine/glacier origin.
btw. Kulikalon means 'Big Lake' in Tajik.


Dushakha Lake is on the foot of Mirali North Face


Kulikalon Lake

Kulikalon Lake (Maria in the background)

Dushakha Lake

Kulikalon Basin

Chukurak Lakes

The Chukurak lakes are near the Alplager Artuch


Chukurak Lakes

lower Chukurak Lake

Ziorat Lake

Approx. 1.5 km south of the Chukurak Lakes is the Ziorat Lake


Ziorat Lake

Alaudin Lakes

The beautiful Alaudin Lakes are surrounded by the highest summits of the Fan Mountains.


Alaudin Lake

Alaudin Lake

Alaudin Lake

Alaudin Lake

Mutnye Lake

Mutnye Lake (Muddy Lake) is in the scree covered valley above the Alaudin Lakes. The water quality is quite poor.


Mutnyi Lake

Mutnyi Lake

Allo Lakes

The Bolshoi (big) and Vierkhny (small) Allo Lake in the Zindon valley westward of Chimtarga. Bolshoi Allo Lake was formed by a landslide in the 19th century.
IMHO Bolshoi Allo Lake is the most beautiful lake in the Fans.



Bolshoi Allo Lake

Allo Lakes



Marguzor Lakes

The chain of the seven turquoise Marguzor Lakes are in the Shing valley along the western end of the Fan Mountains. Starting point is Penjikent (near the Uzbek border).
The name of the lakes are: Nezhigon, Soya (approx. 1.700m) , Gushor, Nofin, Khurdak, Marguzor (the largest lake) and Azorchashma (approx 2.400m).



Marguzor Lake

Marguzor Lake

Azorchashma Lake

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