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Boyuk Alagol

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Type
  
Crater lake

Surface elevation
  
2,729 m

Shore length
  
14 km

Surface area
  
5.1 km (2.0 sq mi)

Area
  
5.1 km²

Location
  
Kalbajar Rayon, Azerbaijan Shahumyan Region, Nagorno Karabakh Republic

Basin countries
  
Azerbaijan - de jure Nagorno Karabakh - de facto

Water volume
  
24.3 km (19,700,000 acre·ft)

Boyuk Alagol (Azerbaijani: Böyük Alagöl) is a lake of Azerbaijan. It is located on the Karabakh volcanic plateau, in Kalbajar Rayon. Since 1993, it has been under occupation by Armenian forces. Its area is 5.1 square kilometres (2.0 sq mi) and the volume of water reaches 24.3 cubic kilometres (5.8 cu mi).

Map of Mets Al Lake, Azerbaijan

References

Boyuk Alagol Wikipedia