Moraine lakes in valley of Eastern Aksai River.

“Judging by the outline of the mountains, it was clear that the Tien Shan here forms an arc, as is actually observed in the Aksai Tien Shan. Already at the very top of our ascent, we began to come across enormous boulders, also worn, polished, of various shapes; some inclined, others folded, all light in color. Some of them were colossal in size; one might have thought that these were not boulders, but rocks lying in place, if they had not been lying freely on a grassy slope and were not far from any bedrock.”

“Across the Mountainous Regions of Russian Turkestan.” V. I. Lipsky. 1906.

Lakes in Kyzyl-Asker mountain range.

Moraine, flowing, fresh lake Bivachnoye is located at an altitude of 3768 meters above sea level, is located in northern part of moraine of Kyzyl-Asker glacier, in mountain range of same name, 1.7 kilometers to north and slightly west of glacial lake Karagermes West, 355 meters from right bank of Karagermes River, on northern slope of Kokshaal-Too ridge in At-Bashinsky district of Naryn region. 
The lake is formed by a melting glacier and underground filtering streams that flow down from the lakes East and West Kyzyl-Asker. The lake is an element of the nival-glacial zone. The length of the lake is 1.5 kilometers, the greatest width reaches 554 meters, the area of ​​the lake is 0.54 square kilometers, the length of the coastline reaches 3.56 kilometers.
The lake is located in the southern part of the Karagermes river valley. Mountaineering expeditions stop at the lake, and base camps are set up for ascents in the Kyzyl-Asker massif.
Geographic coordinates of Lake Bivachnoye: N41°07'18 E77°19'16

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.