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Big Almaty Lake
A stunning turquoise alpine lake nestled at 2,511 meters in the Tien Shan mountains just south of Almaty.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Esik
Almaty Region, Kazakhstan · Asia
About Esik
Esik sits on the route: 25 minutes from Turgen, 51km from Big Almaty Lake.
Esik is in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, with about 33,000 people. The nearest town is Turgen, about 12 km away.
Esik (Kazakh: Есік, pronounced [jesɪ́k]), also spelled Yesik and Issyk, is a town in Almaty Region of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Enbekshikazakh District. It is located on the Issyk River, at the foot of the Tian Shan, 53 km east of Almaty and 112 km over the mountains from Issyk Kul Lake. Population:Read more
34,355 (2009 census results); 31,254 (1999 census results).
It was founded by Cossacks in 1858 as stanitsa Nadezhdinskaya. The Issyk kurgan of the famous "Golden Man" is nearby.
The nearby Issyk Lake (not to be confused with the much greater Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan) is mostly famous for the way it was created (as a result of an ancient natural landslide damming a valley), destroyed (another natural landslide destroying that dam in 1963, with a subsequent damage to the city of Esik as well), and re-created (with human help).
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Within an hour or so of Esik: Big Almaty Lake (51 km).
Where is Esik?
Esik is in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, about 12 km from Turgen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 32,995
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Region
- Almaty Region
- Timezone
- Asia/Almaty
- Coordinates
- 43.3552, 77.4524
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