Shalkarkol

Shalkarkol (Шалқаркөл; Шалкарколь) is a salt lake in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.

The lake lies about 45 km to the southeast of Zhanatilek in a sparsely inhabited area.

Geography
Shalkarkol lies in a tectonic depression of the Kazakh Uplands to the north of the Zheltau Massif. A narrow landspit in the central zone almost divides the lake in two parts. Shalkarkol is the largest of the lakes of the area. Now abandoned Zheltau village was located barely 1 km to the south of the southern lakeshore.

River Tokzak, an intermittent stream, flows into the lake from the east. Smaller lake Bozshakol lies 500 m to the northeast of the northeastern end of the lake. Shalkarkol is frozen between November and March.