Auliekol (lake)

Auliekol (Kazakh: Әулиекөл) is a lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.

There are the ruins of an ancient settlement with the remains of a hillfort close to the Olenti river mouth by the western shore of the lake.

It lies near the northern end of the Kazakh Uplands at an elevation of 126 meters (413 ft).

Issensor (Есенсор), a salt flat, lies close to the southwestern shore of Auliekol.

[3][2] The vegetation of the lakeshore zone includes spear grass, wormwood, wiregrass, akshityr and sedges.

Auliekol and Issensor before the thaw.