Kishi-Karoy

Kishi-Karoy
Кіші Қараой / Киши-Карой
2021 Sentinel-2 image of the lake in May
Kishi-Karoy
LocationIshim Plain
West Siberian Plain
Coordinates54°02′N 71°20′E / 54.033°N 71.333°E / 54.033; 71.333
Typeendorheic
Basin countriesKazakhstan
Max. length12.7 kilometers (7.9 mi)
Max. width12.1 kilometers (7.5 mi)
Surface area102 square kilometers (39 sq mi)
Shore length173.4 kilometers (45.6 mi)
Surface elevation53 meters (174 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kishi-Karoy or Kishi Karaoy, meaning "Little Karoy" (Kazakh: Кіші Қараой; Russian: Киши-Карой), is a bittern salt lake in Akzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.

The Kazakhstan–Russia border lies about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the northwest and northeast of the northern shores of the lake. Kishi-Karoy village, formerly Kievskoye, Bostandyk, Baytus and Kenashchi, formerly Menzhinskoye, are the nearest inhabited localities.