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{{short description|Lake}} {{Infobox lake | name = Lake Rakshastal | image = Rakshas Tal 06.jpg | caption = View South from Rakshas Tal Lake (2006) | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], | coords = {{Coord|30.65|81.25|region:CN_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}<!-- Precision 0.05 deg (3') --> | type = | inflow = | pushpin_map = Tibet | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = }} {{Chinese |title=Lagngar Co |s=拉昂错 |t=拉昂錯 |P=Lā'áng cuò |s2=兰嘎错 |t2=蘭嘎錯 |p2=Lángā cuò |tib=ལག་ངར་མཚོ |wylie=lag ngar mtsho |wzpy=Lagngar Co }} '''Lake Rakshastal''' ({{bo|t=ལག་ངར་མཚོ}}; {{langx|sa|राक्षसताल|translit=Rākṣasatāla|translit-std=iso}}; {{zh|拉昂错}}) is a saltwater [[lake]] in [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], lying just west of [[Manasarovar Lake|Lake Manasarovar]] and south of [[Mount Kailash]].<ref name="Taruna2001">{{cite book | author=Taruna Vijaya | title=Kailash Manasarovar, an odyssey in Tibet | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G3rXAAAAMAAJ | accessdate=2012-07-24 | year=2001 | publisher=Ritwik Prakashan | page = 58| isbn=9788190057127 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111107170717/http://tibettravel.info/ngari/sights/lhanag-tso-lake.html Lhanag Tso(The Ghost Lake), Ngari Tourist Sights], Tibet Travel.Info</ref> The [[Sutlej River]] (also known by the Tibetan name [[Langqen Zangbo]] in this area) originates about 17 km to the west. Rakshas Tal is at 4,575 metres above [[sea level]] whereas the [[Lake Manasarovar|Manasarovar]] is at 4,690 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-27 |title=Kailash Manasarovar: A Higher Plane |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/destination-of-the-week/kailash-manasarovar-a-higher-plane/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
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