Barak Kol (lake)

Barakkol
Барақкөл
Lakes Barakkol (left) and Ashchykol (right) Sentinel-2 image
Barakkol
LocationUlytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Coordinates49°18′43″N 67°16′33″E / 49.31194°N 67.27583°E / 49.31194; 67.27583
Typelake
Max. length4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Max. width3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Surface area12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi)
Average depth2.9 metres (9 ft 6 in)

Barakkol (Kazakh: Барақкөл, Baraqköl) is a lake in Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, central Kazakhstan.

Barakkol is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is Arganatinsk. Köl is the word for lake in Turkic languages, and Baraq was a khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan.