Malinovoye (lake)

Malinovoye (Малиновое) is a salt lake in Mikhaylovsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.

The lake is located in the southwestern part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited place is Malinovoye Ozero, to the southeast of the southern end. Mikhaylovskoye, the district capital, lies 11 km to the north.

Geography
Located at the western edge of the Ob Plateau, near the Kulunda Plain, Malinovoye has an elongated shape, stretching roughly from north to south for approximately 6 km. The water is saline with a mineralization of 329 g/l and with a pH of 8.4. The concentration of sodium in the water reaches 130 g/l. Halobacterium salinarum bacteria live in the lake, giving it a pink color in certain seasons.

Malinovoye is part of the Borovoye cluster of lakes. Lake Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye lies 67 km to the east and Sormoildy 44 km to the southwest, on the other side of the Russia-Kazakhstan border.