Aydingkol
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Stele at Aydingkol | |||||||
Aydingkol | |||||||
| Location | Turfan Depression, Xinjiang | ||||||
| Coordinates | 42°39′27″N 89°16′14″E / 42.65750°N 89.27056°E | ||||||
| Etymology | "Moon lake" in Uyghur | ||||||
| Basin countries | China | ||||||
| Surface elevation | −154 m (−505 ft) | ||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | ئايدىڭكۆل | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 艾丁湖 | ||||||
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Aydingkol (Uyghur: ئايدىڭكۆل, lit. 'moon lake'), or Aiding Lake (Chinese: 艾丁湖), is a lake in the Turpan Depression, located within Xinjiang, China. At 154 m below sea level, it is the lowest point in China. This lake is now totally dried, and very muddy and salty.