Tibet Namtso, located in the central part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is the second largest lake in Tibet and the third largest saltwater lake in China. The lake is 4718 meters above sea level. It is approximately rectangular in shape, more than 70 kilometers long from east to west, more than 30 kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of about 1920km².
Early scientific surveys believed that the maximum depth of Namtso was 33 meters, but re-measurements of the lake in the past two years found that the deepest point of Namtso exceeds 120 meters. With a water storage capacity of 76.8 billion cubic meters, it is the largest large lake with the highest altitude in the world.
“Namtso” is Tibetan, and the Mongolian name is “Tenggri Sea”, both of which mean “Sky Lake”. Namtso is one of the “Three Holy Lakes” in Tibet. Namtso is the first sacred lake of ancient Zhangzhong Buddhism and Yongzhongben religion, and is one of the famous Buddhist holy places.
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