Earth:Lake Sev
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| Location | Syunik Province, Armenia Lachin District, Azerbaijan |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 39°35′53″N 46°13′54″E / 39.59806°N 46.23167°E |
| Max. length | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) |
| Surface area | 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Water volume | 9 hm3 (7,300 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface elevation | 2,666 m (8,747 ft) |
Lake Sev (Armenian: Սև լիճ, romanized: Sev lich; Azerbaijani: Qaragöl; both meaning "black lake")[1] is a lake located on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is split between the Syunik Province of Armenia and the Lachin District of Azerbaijan, with the overwhelming majority of the lake being in Armenia.
Topography
Nature reserve
2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Lake Sev and the surrounding area are currently the subject of a border crisis between Azerbaijan and Armenia. On 12 May 2021, Azerbaijani troops advanced some 3.5 kilometres into Armenian territory near the lake and occupied the nearby height of Mets Ishkhanasar.[2] Although the international border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has never been formally delineated, Soviet-era maps all appear to show that most of Sev Lake is in Armenian territory, which would mean an attempt to surround it would be an infiltration.[3] Specifically, the 1975 map of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces numbered J-38-21 scaled 1:100 000 shows Lake Sev with its eastern, western and southern shores located in the territory of the Armenian SSR and only a section of the northern shore of the lake covering nearly 10% of the lake located in the Azerbaijani SSR.[4] The map also shows the adjacent smaller Lake Janlich (Jinli) as entirely in Armenian territory.[4][5]
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSyunik - ↑ Kucera, Joshua (17 November 2021). "As Azerbaijan pushes advantage against Armenia, Russia's role again under scrutiny" (in en). https://eurasianet.org/as-azerbaijan-pushes-advantage-against-armenia-russias-role-again-under-scrutiny.
- ↑ Kucera, Joshua (14 May 2021). "Armenia and Azerbaijan in new border crisis" (in en). https://eurasianet.org/armenia-and-azerbaijan-in-new-border-crisis.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Soviet military map proves eastern, western and southern shores of Sev Lake unequivocally belong to Armenia". Armenpress. 2021-05-18. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1052685.html. Retrieved 2021-05-24. "Sev Lake with its eastern, western and southern shores is located in the territory of the Armenian SSR -"
- ↑ "General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces map of Goris J-38-21". Vokrug Sveta Encyclopedia. J-38-21 Goris. 1975. p. 10-38-021. https://www.vokrugsveta.ru/encyclopedia/index.php?title=J-38-21_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
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