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Chaka Salt Lake in Qinghai is known as China’s “Mirror of the Sky,” with calm, clear-day reflections across a high-elevation brine lake. Plan about 4 hours.
Chaka Salt Lake is located in Chaka Town, Ulan County, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, at an elevation of approximately 3,059 meters. It has been named by National Tourism Geography magazine as one of the “55 Places You Must Visit in Your Lifetime.” As a brine lake containing both solid salt and liquid brine, it is renowned as China’s “Mirror of the Sky.” On clear days, the remarkably calm surface can create a striking, mirror-like reflection.
No. 9 Yanhu Road, Chaka Town, Ulan County, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
Located in Chaka Town, Ulan County, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, Chaka Salt Lake sits at an elevation of approximately 3,059 meters. It has been named by *National Tourism Geography* magazine as one of the "55 Places You Must Visit in Your Lifetime." As a brine lake containing both solid salt and liquid brine, it is renowned as China’s "Mirror of the Sky" due to its remarkably calm surface on clear days, which creates a striking, mirror-like reflection.
On clear days, the calm brine surface can create striking mirror-like reflections.
The lake sits at approximately 3,059 meters and contains both solid salt and liquid brine.
Named by National Tourism Geography magazine as one of the “55 Places You Must Visit in Your Lifetime.”
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It is at No. 9 Yanhu Road, Chaka Town, Ulan County, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
On clear days, the lake’s remarkably calm surface can create a striking, mirror-like reflection.
The suggested visit duration is about 4 hours.
Chaka Salt Lake sits at approximately 3,059 meters.
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