Kanas Lake is located in the north of Burqin County, 0/50km away from the county seat/kloc-. It is an alpine lake, located in the deep forest of Altai Mountain. "Kanas" means "mysterious and beautiful lake" in Mongolian, surrounded by forest belts in Altai Mountain. Kanas Lake is1374m above sea level, 24km long from north to south and about1.9km wide on average. The deepest lake 188.5 meters, with an area of 45.73 square kilometers. Kanas is a national nature reserve, with a total area of 5,588 square kilometers and an altitude ranging from 1.300 meters to 4,374 meters. Friendship Peak (4,370 meters), the highest peak in Altay, stands on the Sino-Russian-Mongolian border in the northeast of the reserve.