Teniz, Yereymentau District

For other uses, see Tengiz.

Teniz (Kazakh: Теңіз; Russian: Тениз) is a bittern salt lake in Yereymentau District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.^[1]

Teniz
Теңіз
Sentinel-2 image of lakes Teniz and Kobeituz
Teniz
Location	Yereymentau District
Coordinates	51°45′N 73°25′E
Type	endorheic
Basin countries	Kazakhstan
Max. length	7.6 kilometers (4.7 mi)
Max. width	5.1 kilometers (3.2 mi)
Surface area	31.5 square kilometers (12.2 sq mi)
Residence time	UTC+6
Surface elevation	260 meters (850 ft)

Yereymentau lies 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the southwest. Teniz is part of an Important Bird Area^[2] and the Buiratau National Park, a protected area, lies to the south of the lake.^[3]

Geography

Teniz is an endorheic lake in the basin of the Olenti river, 18 kilometers (11 mi) northeast of the Yereymentau Mountains. The lake has two prominent headlands, one in the northern shore and the other in the southern, dividing the lake into wide bays and a peninsula.^[3]

Teniz is located in a depression 3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi) west of lake Kobeituz, its smaller and more well-known neighbor. Lake Maysor lies 53 kilometers (33 mi) to the ENE. There are also other lakes nearby, all of them smaller, such as Kurbetkol close to the southeastern end.^[4][5]

Sentinel-2 image of the lakes in November.

See also

• List of lakes of Kazakhstan