Ulken Tobylzhan

Ulken Tobylzhan
Үлкен Тобылжан
Sentinel-2 image of the lake cluster
Ulken Tobylzhan
LocationWest Siberian Plain
Coordinates52°43′31″N 77°28′39″E / 52.72528°N 77.47750°E / 52.72528; 77.47750
Typeendorheic
Basin countriesKazakhstan
Max. length7.7 kilometers (4.8 mi)
Max. width2.1 kilometers (1.3 mi)
Surface area12.5 square kilometers (4.8 sq mi)
Residence timeUTC+6
Shore length117.4 kilometers (10.8 mi)
Surface elevation92 meters (302 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Ulken Tobylzhan (Kazakh: Үлкен Тобылжан; Russian: Большой Таволжан, Bolshoy Tavolzhan) is a salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.

The lake lies 48 kilometers (30 mi) to the northeast of Pavlodar town and 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) south of Uspenka, the district capital. There is commercial extraction of salt from Ulken Tobylzhan and Maly Tobylzhan, the two largest lakes of the group. Part of the salt is exported to the Western Siberia region.