Tuz Ashuu (Song Kul's lake)

Lake

Tulpar Tash (Song Kul)

Place type
Lake
Elevation
3050 m

Field notes

The field account

Tulpar Tash is situated north west part of Son Kul, jailoo of nomads from Kyzart region. This is one of the most beautiful places of Son Kul.  Transparent shiny surface of the lake can be seen from away. The surrounding landscape is pristine lake around this place, there are faces of Turkic on stone, preserved since the heyday of the Turkic Khaganate they mistakenly called balbals. These are statues real ancestors installed in their places of burial.

Map margin

Where it sits

Visual field notes

A closer look