Namak Lake

Namak Lake (, i.e., salt lake) is a salt lake in Iran. It is located approximately 100 km east of the city of Qom and 60 km of Aran va bidgol at an elevation of 790 m above sea level.

The lake is a remnant of the Paratethys sea, which started to dry up from the Pleistocene epoch, leaving Lake Urmia and the Caspian Sea and other bodies of water. The lake has a surface area of about 1800 km2, but most of this is dry. Water only covers 1 km². The lake only reaches a depth between 45 cm to 1 m.