Kyetse Tsakha

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A lake in the Tibet-Qinghai plateau. Lake area is 107.6 m, the sea level of the lake is 4525 m. The deepest part of the lake is 29 m and the average depth is about 10.5 m. Chin.: Jieze Chaka. Tib. Pinyin: Gyêcê Caka. Tibetan: སྐྱེས་རྩེ་ཚྭ་ཁ།
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Coordinates:   33°56'56"N   80°54'2"E

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  • Latest name (2007)is Gyêcê Caka.
  • Gyêcê Caka is the sinised name. The tibetan name is Gyetse Tsaka. "Tse" means "peak" in Tibetan, and Tsaka "salted lake".
  • Gyêcê Caka is no sinicised name but the Pinyin form of the Tibetan Name!
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